fireguard
Americannoun
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a person trained in fire prevention and safety.
We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
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a protective framework of wire in front of a fireplace; a fire screen.
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a strip of cleared land made to check the spread of a forest or prairie fire; a firebreak.
noun
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Also called: fire screen. a metal panel or meshed frame put before an open fire to protect against falling logs, sparks, etc
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a less common word for firebreak
Etymology
Origin of fireguard
Example Sentences
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Secondly, under Ange Postecoglou their defence has resembled a chocolate fireguard at times and so the chances of them limiting Manchester City enough so they can obtain a positive result feel very slim.
From BBC ● May 14, 2024
It is not known if tests are now to be conducted on the efficiency of the similarly-fabled chocolate fireguard.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2014
Everything is golden: sofas, piano, wallpaper, chairs, mirrors, tables, screens, candelabra and even the fireguard.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2012
We have driven the wilderness back; plowed a fireguard around the 212 whole valley; tempered the hot winds by windbreaks and groves.”
From Winning the Wilderness by J. N. Marchand
Philip sat down rather heavily upon the fireguard, and pondered.
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
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