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firebar

firebar noun: any of the metal bars that form the base of a boiler's furnace and support the fire.

Noun

firebar (plural firebars)

  1. Any of the metal bars that form the base of a boiler's furnace and support the fire.
    • On April 18 S.R. Pacific No. 34038 (71A) headed a Bournville excursion from Salisbury to Bristol but was detained at St. Philips Marsh shed on arrival with collapsed firebars and was still there at the end of the month; [...].1963 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 423

Forms of firebar

pluralfirebars

Origin of firebar

From fire + bar.

Questions about firebar

What does firebar mean?
Firebar means any of the metal bars that form the base of a boiler's furnace and support the fire.
What part of speech is firebar?
Firebar is a noun.
What is the plural of firebar?
The plural of firebar is firebars.

Words near firebar in the dictionary

  1. fireballed
  2. fireballer
  3. fireballers
  4. fireballing
  5. fireballs
  6. firebar
  7. firebare
  8. firebares
  9. firebars
  10. firebase
  11. firebases

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