fire-retardant

Thân thiện

Firefighters wear fire-retardant suits for protection.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Difficult to burn; designed or treated to resist catching fire and to slow the spread of flames. This describes a material or substance that has been made less flammable through chemical treatment or inherent properties.

Usage

• The adjective fire-retardant is used directly before a noun to describe it.
• It is a property attributed to materials, fabrics, coatings, or substances for safety purposes.
• It is often used in technical, regulatory, and safety contexts.

Examples

• All the furniture in the public lobby must be made from fire-retardant materials.
• The construction code requires fire-retardant insulation in the walls.
• Workers wore fire-retardant clothing as a safety precaution in the factory.

Advanced Usage

• "Fire-retardant" as a concept in safety engineering: Refers to the principle of using treated materials to increase the time available for escape and firefighter response in a fire.
  • The building's design prioritized fire-retardant principles to enhance occupant safety.

Variants and Related Words

• Flame-retardant (adj): A synonym with identical meaning, often used interchangeably.
• Fireproof (adj): Implies complete resistance to fire (cannot be burned), which is a stronger claim than fire-retardant.
• Fire resistance (n): The property of being fire-retardant or fireproof.
• Retardant (n/adj): A substance that slows down a process (e.g., fire retardant, corrosion retardant).

Synonyms

• Flame-resistant
• Non-flammable (Note: This can imply it will not burn at all, which is not always technically accurate for fire-retardant materials.)
• Combustion-resistant

Antonyms

• Flammable
• Combustible
• Inflammable

Học thuật

Adjective

1. difficult to burn

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fire-resistant
• fire-resisting
• fire-resistive