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fire boxes

fire boxes is the plural of fire box.

Meaning of fire box

Noun

fire box (plural fire boxes)

  1. The hearth of a metal-forging shop; the forge of a smithy.
  2. An enclosed hearth with hatch for refueling that is attached to or built into a boiler that supplies steam for mechanical power.
    • The brakeman had to help the fireman shovel coal into the firebox as the engineer coaxed his locomotive up grade.
  3. The internal hearth of a furnace, stove, or heater.
  4. The hearth of an outdoor grill.
    • When the bottom of the grill firebox burned through, everybody ran over and stomped embers too keep the picnic shelter from catching fire.

Questions about fire boxes

What is fire boxes the plural of?
Fire boxes is the plural of fire box.

Words near fire boxes in the dictionary

  1. fire board
  2. fire boards
  3. fire boss
  4. fire bosses
  5. fire box
  6. fire boxes
  7. fire break
  8. fire breaks
  9. fire breathing
  10. fire brick
  11. fire bricks

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