firestone
noun
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
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firestone
1 American
[fahyuhr-stohn]
/ ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /
noun
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firestones
plural
Firestone
2
American
[fahyuhr-stohn]
/ ˈfaɪərˌstoʊn /
noun
firestone
British
/ ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of firestone
before 1000; late Middle English fyyrstone, Old English fȳrstān. See fire, stone
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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 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 Laurence Housman
But Eudena began to hammer the firestone against a flint.
From Tales of Space and Time by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At that she cast down flint and firestone and stared blankly.
From Tales of Space and Time by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
They have iron, coal, slate, grindstone, lime, firestone, gypsum, freestone, and a list as long as an auctioneer's catalogue.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire and Goodyear erected giant factories and mansions around town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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
Caltrans announced an extended weekend closure on the 605 Freeway between Interstate 5 in Downey and Firestone Boulevard in Norwalk for repaving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
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
GM, Mack Truck, Firestone, and Standard Oil of California were all found guilty on one of the two counts by the federal jury.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
Bumpkin, Lumpkin, and Rumpkin struck the firestones together, and everyone cheered when they finally managed a spark.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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
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
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