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fire brick

fire brick noun: a bright red colour. Also the alternative form of firebrick.

Noun

fire brick (countable and uncountable, plural fire bricks)

  1. (uncountable) A bright red colour.
  2. Asterodiscus truncatus - a large brightly coloured starfish found in deep waters around parts of northern New Zealand. Plenty. A chrome colour heavily blotched with vermilion and the terminal plates are mauve to purple.

Adjective

fire brick (not comparable)

  1. Of a bright red colour.

Also used as

fire brick is also the alternative form of firebrick.

Forms of fire brick

pluralfire bricks

Questions about fire brick

What does fire brick mean?
Fire brick means a bright red colour.
What part of speech is fire brick?
Fire brick can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of fire brick?
The plural of fire brick is fire bricks.

Words near fire brick in the dictionary

  1. fire box
  2. fire boxes
  3. fire break
  4. fire breaks
  5. fire breathing
  6. fire brick
  7. fire bricks
  8. fire brigade
  9. fire brigades
  10. fire bucket
  11. fire buckets

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