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fire-pan

fire-pan is the alternative form of firepan.

Meaning of firepan

Noun

firepan (plural firepans)

  1. A pan for holding or conveying fire, especially (firearms) the receptacle for the priming of a gun.

Forms of fire-pan

pluralfire-pans

Questions about fire-pan

What is fire-pan the alternative form of?
Fire-pan is the alternative form of firepan.

Words near fire-pan in the dictionary

  1. fire-gowns
  2. fire-grate
  3. fire-grates
  4. fire-new
  5. fire-on-the-mountain
  6. fire-pan
  7. fire-pans
  8. fire-place
  9. fire-places
  10. fire-plough
  11. fire-ploughs

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