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fireless

fireless adjective: without fire.

Adjective

fireless (not comparable)

  1. Without fire.
    • a fireless cooker
    • Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona—she sitting calmly watching him.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262

Origin of fireless

From fire + -less.

Words formed from fireless

Questions about fireless

What does fireless mean?
Fireless means without fire.
What part of speech is fireless?
Fireless is an adjective.

Words near fireless in the dictionary

  1. fireirons
  2. firekeeper
  3. firekeepers
  4. fireland
  5. firelands
  6. fireless
  7. firelessly
  8. firelessness
  9. firelet
  10. firelets
  11. firelight

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