Word Meanings - FIREPROOF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Proof against fire; incombustible.

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• INCOMBUSTIBLE
  Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. Incombustible cloth, a tissue of amianthus or asbestus; also, a fabric
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• PROOF-PROOF
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• PROOF
  A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet. (more info) 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• PROOF-ARM
  To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. Beau. & Fl.
• PROOFLESS
  Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.
• SELF-REPROOF
  The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
• HIGH-PROOF
  1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits. 2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
• PLOT-PROOF
  Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
• DISPROOF
  A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.
• BULLET-PROOF
  Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
• STARPROOF
  Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. Milton.
• WATERPROOF
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• BOMBPROOF
  Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.
• WEATHERPROOF
  Proof against rough weather.
• SHELLPROOF
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
• BEAD PROOF
  1. Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters. 2. A degree of
• SUNPROOF
  Impervious to the rays of the sun. "Darksome yew, sunproof." Marston.
• APPROOF
  1. Trial; proof. Shak. 2. Approval; commendation. Shak.
• REPROOF
  1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. 2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope. Syn. -- Admonition; reprehension;
• WARPROOF
  Valor tried by war.