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Word entry · 4 letters

fire

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"Blaze in a hearth"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈfaɪ.ə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted efirStarts with FEnds with E18 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Flames; dismiss from a job

Word origin

From Middle English fyr, from Old English fȳr (“fire”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from *fuïr, a regularised form of Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Used in a sentence

  • We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
  • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
  • There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.

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Used as a crossword answer18 curated clues

01Blaze in a hearth4 letters
02Blaze in a pit4 letters
03Blazing hearth sight4 letters
04Blazing heat4 letters
05Burning flames4 letters
06Camp source of warmth4 letters
07Campground blaze4 letters
08Campground flames4 letters
09Campground glow4 letters
10Discharge from a job4 letters
11Flame source4 letters
12Flames and heat4 letters
13Flames for warmth4 letters
14Flames in a hearth4 letters
15Hearth glow4 letters
16Job-dismissal word4 letters
17Light a grill, say4 letters
18Hot flames4 letters

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