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fire basket

fire basket noun: a portable grate for lighting a fire outdoors, or historically for heating bedrooms etc.

Noun

fire basket (plural fire baskets)

  1. A portable grate for lighting a fire outdoors, or historically for heating bedrooms etc.
  2. A metal cage or basket filled with burning material, used to attract fish when night fishing.
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    Synonyms:
    cresset

Synonyms of fire basket

Forms of fire basket

pluralfire baskets

Questions about fire basket

What does fire basket mean?
Fire basket means a portable grate for lighting a fire outdoors, or historically for heating bedrooms etc.
What part of speech is fire basket?
Fire basket is a noun.
What is the plural of fire basket?
The plural of fire basket is fire baskets.

Words near fire basket in the dictionary

  1. fire axes
  2. fire balloon
  3. fire balloons
  4. fire barn
  5. fire barns
  6. fire basket
  7. fire baskets
  8. fire bay
  9. fire bays
  10. fire beater
  11. fire beaters

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