fire-resistant
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈfaɪər rɪˈzɪstənt/
- Specialized
- Homeowners are encouraged to use fire-resistant roofing to protect their houses from wildfires.
- fire-resistant material
- fire-resistant roofs
- fire-resistant steel
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a lot of glass and metal and and stucco and they look good, but they're much more fire resistant.
- It's a lot of glass and metal and and stucco and they look good, but they're much more fire resistant.
- He was looking into, you know, materials to make spacecraft out of that were fire resistant and all that.
- So part of that could be impregnating it with resins or chemicals essentially that makes the wood itself quite fire resistant.
Examples
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It is inherently slow-growing, which most likely explains its great longevity and high shade tolerance; it is also one of the few tree species that are fire-resistant as well as shade-tolerant.
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Firefighters saw the neighborhood through different eyes than when they're wearing their wide-brimmed, domed helmets, heavy respirator packs, and fire-resistant gear.
Blog text (30) -
It's completely fire resistant to meet the highest demands of firefighters worldwide.
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How fire-resistant is your urban house?
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I wear Nomex, which is fire resistant.
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I am reassured then that the new wires which the government telephone department has installed in your flat are truly fire resistant.
Fiction book (2001) -
There are few late-successional tree species, such as blackgum, that are also fire resistant.
Academic text (2007) -
What is most extraordinary is that Augustus has had a fire-resistant boundary wall built against the back of the temple.
Academic text (2007) -
Your professional photography supply store can provide diffusion material especially designed for the purpose, which is fire resistant and does not discolor when it becomes hot.
Academic text (1999) -
Bayhead—a densely forested, fire-resistant community dominated by several species of bay trees—occurs in peat-filled depressions.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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4.9
Not easily set on fire and designed to slow the spread of flames
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4.0
Made so it does not burn in a fire
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4.4
Not easy to burn because it has a special treatment
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3.9
Hard to burn or set on fire
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4.1
Does not catch fire or burn easily
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4.7
Not able to burn or be set on fire
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5.6
A material or building that is difficult to burn and able to stay whole in a fire for some time
Does not burn easily in a fire, for example walls or doors
A material that does not catch fire or burn
Antonyms
How Fire-Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fire-resistant is made of fire and resistant, and the root resist means 'to stand against', like when you 'resist' a push. So a fire-resistant material 'stands against' fire and does not burn easily.