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FIRESTONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firestone mean?
• FIRESTONE (noun)
The noun FIRESTONE has 2 senses:
1. a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
2. a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
Familiarity information: FIRESTONE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("firestone" is a kind of...):
flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("firestone" is a kind of...):
sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))
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