"fireproof" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fireproof [comparative], most fireproof [superlative]
Etymology: fire + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fire|proof}} fire + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} fireproof (comparative more fireproof, superlative most fireproof)
  1. Resistant to damage from fire. Categories (topical): Fire Synonyms: fire-resistant, flame-retardant, refractory, fire-proof Translations: огнеупорен (ogneuporen) (Bulgarian), ignífug (Catalan), 耐火的 (nàihuǒ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 防火的 (fánghuǒ de) (Chinese Mandarin), ohnivzdorný (Czech), brandsikker (Danish), nebrula (Esperanto), tulenkestävä (Finnish), ignifuge (French), feuerfest (German), πυρίμαχος m αλεξίπυρος (pyrímachos) [masculine] (Greek), tűzálló (Hungarian), dódhíonach (Irish), lasairdhíonach (Irish), tinedhíonach (Irish), 耐火性の (taikasei no) (alt: たいかせいの) (Japanese), огноо́тпорен (ognoótporen) (Macedonian), kalis api (Malay), ārai ahi (Maori), brannsikker (Norwegian Bokmål), ildfast (Norwegian Bokmål), brannsikker (Norwegian Nynorsk), نسوز (Persian), niepalny (Polish), ognioodporny (Polish), ogniotrwały (Polish), przeciwogniowy (Polish), żaroodporny (Polish), à prova de fogo (Portuguese), rezistent la daune de la foc (Romanian), ignifug (Romanian), огнеупо́рный (ogneupórnyj) (Russian), несгора́емый (nesgorájemyj) (Russian), vatrootporan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nezapaljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vatrostalan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ignífugo (Spanish), يانماس (yanmas) (Uyghur), ئوت ئالماس (english: ot almas) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-fireproof-en-adj-QLMi9eNo Disambiguation of Fire: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 67 33

Verb

Forms: fireproofs [present, singular, third-person], fireproofing [participle, present], fireproofed [participle, past], fireproofed [past]
Etymology: fire + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fire|proof}} fire + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} fireproof (third-person singular simple present fireproofs, present participle fireproofing, simple past and past participle fireproofed)
  1. To make resistant to damage from fire.
    Sense id: en-fireproof-en-verb-WdOiG6MK

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