nonburnable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonburnable
Adjective
  • Its first offices consisted of two rooms and a fireproof vault in the old courthouse (built in 1874) in Washington.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The Speedcat originated more than 20 years ago as a fireproof shoe for Formula 1 racers.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The second was to build what amounts to a nonflammable moat around a home to prevent embers from alighting on anything next to a house that could burn and ignite the structure.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Keep vehicles off dry grass Properly discard cigarettes or anything flammable (think ashtrays or a nonflammable container, not the ground, and fully snuffed out) The air quality, however, is not dangerous, according to AirNow, which reports the official U.S. air quality.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Firefighters and insurance executives continue to press for a strictly noncombustible Zone Zero, warning that vulnerable communities otherwise will become increasingly uninsurable and risk destruction from urban firestorms.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Rancho Santa Fe Fire District has been enforcing this law since 2024, where the first five feet around homes has to be completely noncombustible—that means no landscaping, trash cans, plastic pots or patio furniture; the area should just be gravel, pavers or dirt.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.
    Chicago Tribune staff, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • The Chicago Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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“Nonburnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonburnable. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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