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Meanings of flameproof in English

Resistant to catching fire.

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Examples for "flame-retardant"
Examples for "flame-retardant"
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And wool is naturally flame-retardant, without the need for any chemical additives.
Feminist dot com
2
All Bosch refrigeration appliances are manufactured with a flame-retardant back panel.
The Irish Times
3
They wear blue race suits, matching helmets, and flame-retardant underwear.
Wired
4
For the drivers, he advocated for more protective and flame-retardant helmets, shoes, uniforms, and gloves.
Wired
5
Presumably the damage was limited by Cowell's flame-retardant asbestos hair, but it's still a worrying sign.
The Guardian
Usage of flameproof in English
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A fate we have eliminated, presumably, with central heating and flameproof furniture.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
2
In a flameproof casserole heat the oil over medium high heat.
Radio NZ
3
The rugs, the drapes, the beds, pretty much everything is flameproof.
Choke
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Place a large flameproof casserole dish or a deep roasting tin over high heat.
The Guardian
5
Make the gravy in a flameproof roasting tin while the joint is resting elsewhere.
The Guardian
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Lay cut side up in a buttered flameproof baking dish.
Julia's kitchen wisdom
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Arrange in one layer in a buttered flameproof casserole.
Julia's kitchen wisdom
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Heat the olive oil in a large, deep flameproof casserole dish over high heat for 2 minutes.
Radio NZ
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Heat half the oil and 10g of the butter in a flameproof casserole dish over high heat.
The South African
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There is holly from Italy, fern from Java, tumbleweed from Texas, all with a snow-white flameproof finish.
The new yorker
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The jeans are not flameproof, however.
The Guardian
12
Successful sports people are like this: preternaturally tough, stitched together out of shark hide and flameproof nylon weave.
The Guardian
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Butter a flameproof baking dish, smear bottom with a puréed clove of garlic, and lay in potato slices.
Julia's kitchen wisdom
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Heat two tablespoons of oil in a flameproof casserole over a high heat and working in batches, brown the meat.
The Irish Times
15
The other (Vettel) is touted as being a multi-title winner by the time he hangs up his flameproof.
The Guardian
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Scatter a layer of vegetables in the bottom of a large, heavy-based flameproof casserole and place the chicken on top.
The Guardian
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