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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 starter
  2. fire station
  3. fire stations
  4. fire step
  5. fire steps
  6. fire stone
  7. fire stop
  8. fire stops
  9. fire storm
  10. fire storms
  11. fire stream

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