"flameproof" meaning in English

See flameproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: flameproof [positive], more flameproof [comparative], most flameproof [superlative]
Etymology: flame + -proof Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|flame|proof}} flame + -proof Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is flameproof, it is not flammable.
    Sense id: simple-flameproof-en-adj-Qp7Dj8i9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -proof

Verb

Forms: flameproof [canonical], flameproofs [third-person, singular], flameproofed [past], flameproofed [past, participle], flameproofing [present, participle]
Etymology: flame + -proof Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|flame|proof}} flame + -proof Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you flameproof something, you make it flameproof.
    Sense id: simple-flameproof-en-verb-gBGTnCb7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -proof
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