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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 fireplay

2. a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilnsplay

  Familiarity information: FIRESTONE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIRESTONE (noun)


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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