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fire-resistant

adjective

Definition of fire-resistant 

of a structural element

: so resistant to fire that for a specified time and under conditions of a standard heat intensity it will not fail structurally or allow transit of heat and will not permit the side away from the fire to become hotter than a specified temperature

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