firelight
UK/ˈfaɪə.laɪt/US/ˈfaɪɚ.laɪt/
firelight noun: the light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
Noun
firelight (countable and uncountable, plural firelights)
- The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
- He sat on by the cheerful firelight thrown from a bundle of green ash-sticks laid across the dogs; the sticks snapped pleasantly, and hissed out bubbles of sap from their ends.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXI, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He glanced continually at the diamond-panes of the casement, gleaming dimly in the firelight, and cocked his ear toward the door, as if half expecting to hear the pad of furtive feet in the corridor without.1936, Robert E. Howard, chapter 8, in The Hour of the Dragon
Examples of firelight in a sentence
- Firelight and a cloud of peat-smoke met us on the threshold, and set me to coughing.
- The firelight flickered on her rounded cheeks, ambering the pale skin.
- Firelight could be seen reflected on the ceiling of the drawing-room.
Forms of firelight
| plural | firelights |
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Origin of firelight
From Middle English fire liȝt, fyre lyghte, from Old English fȳrlēoht, equivalent to fire + light.
Questions about firelight
- What does firelight mean?
- Firelight means the light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
- What part of speech is firelight?
- Firelight is a noun.
- How do you pronounce firelight?
- Firelight is pronounced /ˈfaɪə.laɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of firelight?
- The plural of firelight is firelights.
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