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
The hungry flames gnawed vainly about his broad fireguard, then wavered back and forth along the south prairie, while he watched them under the fascination the mastery of the elements can exert.
From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.
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 Marchand, J. N.
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