MEANING
Able to withstand heat without being readily damaged.
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Words that belong together
- heatproof glove
- heatproof container
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She handled the sample with a heatproof glove.
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- heatproof
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Comparative more heatproof; superlative most heatproof when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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