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Flameproof

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resistant to catching fire.

    "One hundred and fifty miles of flameproof wire have been used in the signalboxes and relay rooms."

Adjective
  1. 1
    resistant to catching fire wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make flameproof. transitive

    "Structural timber in the roofs throughout the station has been flameproofed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From flame + -proof.

Etymology 2

From flame + -proof.

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