fire iron
fire iron noun: any of a set of metal tools kept beside the fireplace, used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists of fire tongs, a poker, a spade, and a brush for the ashes.
Noun
fire iron (plural fire irons)
- Any of a set of metal tools kept beside the fireplace, used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists of fire tongs, a poker, a spade, and a brush for the ashes.
- One of a set of tools kept on a steam locomotive for a similar purpose.
- No. 21C9 was in need of a boiler washout and though she was carefully and assiduously fired and use made of the fire-irons during the run, it was not possible to maintain steam, which often fell as low as 210 lb.1944 March and April, E. S. Waterhouse, “Two Footplate Rides on "Merchant Navy" Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 88
- The superstructure of the tender is modified by the removal of the side raves, and compartments for the fire-irons are formed on each side of the coal bunker.1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 212
Forms of fire iron
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Questions about fire iron
- What does fire iron mean?
- Fire iron means any of a set of metal tools kept beside the fireplace, used to keep the fire burning as required. The set usually consists of fire tongs, a poker, a spade, and a brush for the ashes.
- What part of speech is fire iron?
- Fire iron is a noun.
- What is the plural of fire iron?
- The plural of fire iron is fire irons.
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