Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal screen placed in front of an open fireplace to catch sparks.
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- noun A
mesh screen around a fire to preventsparks or fallingembers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
- noun a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
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Examples
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(That the shield building for Westinghouse’s AP1000 turns out to be as effective as a chocolate fireguard is par for the course with nuke-builders.)
Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Persistence of Carbon Tax Advocates 2009
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Cleber Dealencar/Warwick Properties Group Mr. Eden bought an antique French gate at a Paris auction, turning it into a fireguard.
San Francisco Oasis 2010
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My nappies bore triangular singe marks where they had been dried on the fireguard.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Durban 2 will inflame more violent antisemitism and the Jewish leadership, especially that of Britain, will be as helpless as a paper fireguard.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard
Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard 2008
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This is why I believe OSPRE II is as much use as a chocolate fireguard in determining a persons suitibility to lead others.
OSPRE Selecta! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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The Left will then realise when they haven't got work and their company's being sued by Ali Babah because he had to walk through a room where people were eating bacon, that voting in Obama was about as clever as putting a chocolate fireguard in from the fire.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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An unsolicited view on Paul Rowen MP's prowess while working in his former council ward in Rochdale: He's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
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Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard
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Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard
Labour's targets for fighting crime are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard 2008
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