What's the difference between fireproof and flameproof?

Fireproof


Definition:

  • (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Testing conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed that the petroleum-like odor was due to the fireproofing.
  • (2) I improved my security, had my front door steel reinforced, a fireproof letterbox put in.
  • (3) Hotel robberies have become virtually uncontrollable, and there have been some spectacular recent cases in which thieves have broken into hotel vaults.” And oh, yes: visitors should try “to avoid buildings that are not completely fireproof” and “to obtain a room that is close by the fire stairs”.
  • (4) If your house was on fire would you want to be rescued (in anything other than a sexual fantasy) by a woman in nine-inch high silver platforms, sparkly blue trousers and a PVC skin-tight red jacket vaguely resembling something fireproof?
  • (5) John Belles built a concrete dome and turned it into a house 15 years ago because the manufacturers told him it was fireproof.
  • (6) After examining Marie Curie House, an identical block adjoining Lakanal – where similar rennovations took place and where the equivalent ceiling has now been removed – Webb believes the work compromised fireproofing between flats and the corridor.
  • (7) Video sales may be generally ailing, but in this sector, they're booming (Fireproof, produced by Nixon, racked up 90,000 DVD sales in Brazil alone; the accompanying book sold 120,000).
  • (8) Regarding non-occupational exposures to asbestos, 13 cases of mesothelioma were found in women who had washed the work clothes of their relatives at home; we also found other domestic uses of asbestos which were rarely or never discussed previously in the literature: six cases might be explained by the installation of fireproof or non-conductive materials in the domestic environment.
  • (9) The papers The Times has an exclusive on Grenfell Tower and claims leaked emails show that fireproof cladding was allegedly downgraded to save about £300,000 in refurbishment costs.
  • (10) A main concern is modifications to buildings, some by residents, for example right-to-buy flat owners who replace the original fireproof doors to their flats with combustible replacements.
  • (11) This paper focuses on the extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in shipbuilding in the 1940s, when World War II industrial expansion brought about a hitherto unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized.
  • (12) FIREPROOF BOSSES "Paul Ince was sacked by Blackburn after failing to win for 11 matches," began Lars Ellensohn in 2009 .
  • (13) An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Branch (OSHA) of the Alaska Department of Labor found no major health problems and concluded that fireproofing at the school may have caused a petroleum-like odor.
  • (14) Hopefully fireproof, as Drogon has been known to get overexcited when the Targaryens get into the final third.
  • (15) Chloroform has the great advantage of being fireproof, but proper fume hoods should be used.
  • (16) Installing cable above a suspended ceiling in the presence of asbestos-containing fireproofing is an example of an activity that may disturb in-place asbestos and associated dust and debris.
  • (17) But once he'd been passed Cable's quasi-judicial duty to rule on the bid, Hunt had doggedly set prejudice aside to establish a fireproof process: all his experts' advice would be published and he'd have to explain whenever he didn't take it.
  • (18) FIREPROOF BOSSES “Paul Ince was sacked after failing to win for 11 matches,” begins Lars Ellensohn.
  • (19) In Fireproof, our hero saves his marriage by means of the 40-day programme recommended to him by his born-again father.
  • (20) What developed was Concrete Canvas, a fabric that hardens when sprayed with water, creating a waterproof and fireproof concrete layer.

Flameproof


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