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fireiron

fireiron is the alternative form of fire iron.

Meaning of fire iron

Noun

fire iron (plural fire irons)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

Forms of fireiron

pluralfireirons

Questions about fireiron

What is fireiron the alternative form of?
Fireiron is the alternative form of fire iron.

Words near fireiron in the dictionary

  1. firehouse caucus
  2. firehouse caucuses
  3. firehouse primaries
  4. firehouse primary
  5. firehouses
  6. fireiron
  7. fireirons
  8. firekeeper
  9. firekeepers
  10. fireland
  11. firelands

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