firebreak

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a thing that stops a fire from spreading, for example a special door or a strip of land in a forest that has been cleared of trees seealsoFIRELINE

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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firebreakEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary firebreakEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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