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fire-stone

fire-stone is the alternative form of firestone.

Meaning of firestone

Noun

firestone (countable and uncountable, plural firestones)

  1. Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
  2. A flint.
  3. A heat-resistant stone that will withstand intense heat of a furnace, used for lining kilns, campfire rings, fireplaces and furnaces; especially, the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England.
    • On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101

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Forms of fire-stone

pluralfire-stones

Questions about fire-stone

What is fire-stone the alternative form of?
Fire-stone is the alternative form of firestone.

Words near fire-stone in the dictionary

  1. fire-sides
  2. fire-starter
  3. fire-stick
  4. fire-stick farming
  5. fire-sticks
  6. fire-stone
  7. fire-stop
  8. fire-stops
  9. fire-storm
  10. fire-storms
  11. fire-tube

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