firestone
noun
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
firestone
1 American
[fahyuhr-stohn]
/ ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /
noun
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firestones
plural
Firestone
2
American
[fahyuhr-stohn]
/ ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /
noun
firestone
British
/ ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of firestone
before 1000; late Middle English fyyrstone, Old English fȳrstān. See fire, stone
Example Sentences
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She pointed to a stall where a wizened little woman was grill-ing meat and onions on a hot firestone.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
And—a very little sound but very clear—she could hear the beating of the firestone.
From Tales of Space and Time by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Ancaster stone has been chiefly employed, except in the roof, where the ribs of the vaulting are of Bath stone, the filling being made up of chalk and firestone.
On the ground abroad this firestone will not succeed for pavements, because, probably some degrees of saltness prevailing within it, the rain tears the slabs to pieces.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
There has been much discussion as to its material, which seems, however, to be not terra-cotta or some other composition, but firestone.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by G. H. (George Henry) Palmer
Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire and Goodyear erected giant factories and mansions around town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The theater’s debut exhibition will feature 102-year-old Holocaust survivor Renée Firestone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Some people, like Jeremy, who was camping in the nearby Firestone Tire parking lot, just hung out during the day; others slept over.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the following three months, he went on to win The Open, the WGC-Bridgestone Championship at Firestone and then the US PGA at Valhalla - his fourth and final major to date.
From BBC ● May 15, 2024
Then Renee Firestone told me she thought she had moved to Ireland.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Bumpkin, Lumpkin, and Rumpkin struck the firestones together, and everyone cheered when they finally managed a spark.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
A pot of cooking rice The three horses are the firestones or the three supports of the pot in the pottery stove; the bubbling is the crying.
From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Frederick Starr
Even the fire, for there was a fire, was a solid mass of firestones; a glowing grateful of hard coal; if there was life in that, it was the life of mere existence.
From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
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