firestone

¹ American  

[fahyuhr-stohn] / ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /

noun

1. a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.

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Firestone ² American  

[fahyuhr-stohn] / ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /

noun

1. Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.

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firestone British  

/ ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a sandstone that withstands intense heat, esp one used for lining kilns, furnaces, etc

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Etymology

Origin of firestone

before 1000; late Middle English fyyrstone, Old English fȳrstān. See fire, stone

Example Sentences

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

It is yellow, and glittering, and like enough to the real metal,—but see—it is brittle, cat-gold, 'iron firestone.'

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John

In parts of Surrey, where calcareous matter is largely intermixed with sand, it forms a stone called malm-rock or firestone.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

And Noodle, touching them with the firestone ring to make the memory of things sweet to her, bent back the Princess's face, and let them fall under her closed lids.

From The Field of Clover by Housman, Laurence

They took the firestone and a flint, and then Ugh-lomi went down to the foot of the cliff very cautiously, and found his axe.

From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)