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
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
Empty he found it, with only his firestone hanging by the rim, and once again he let it down to be refilled.
From The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman
The Newcastle grindstones are procured at Gateshead Fell; and firestone for building ovens, furnaces and the like is obtained in various parts of Durham, and exported in considerable quantity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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.
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
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
Hannah applied for an entry-level position at a Firestone shop and got it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
The next year about 50 families pitched tents or built other structures on a local church’s property at Firestone Boulevard and Alameda Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
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
As I walked through the entrance, I thought about Renee Firestone and Gerda Seifer, two Holocaust survivors who were visiting the museum with us.
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
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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