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FIRELIGHTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firelighter mean?
• FIRELIGHTER (noun)
The noun FIRELIGHTER has 1 sense:
1. (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire
Familiarity information: FIRELIGHTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("firelighter" is a kind of...):
igniter; ignitor; lighter (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)
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