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Word entry · 9 letters

firestone

Best crossword clue

"Heatproof rock"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eefinorstStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns

Word origin

Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”). Doublet of Feuerstein.

Used in a sentence

  • On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.

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