firebreak

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firebreak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  firebreak \firebreak\ n.
     a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a
     prairie fire or forest fire.
     [WordNet 1.5]

firebreak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  firebreak
      n 1: a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of
           a prairie fire or forest fire [syn: firebreak,
           fireguard]