firestick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poker used to arrange coals, logs, etc., in a fire.
  2. A stick burning, or with hot embers, at one end, taken from a fire.
  3. In traditional cultures, a smouldering stick used to transport fire from one place to another.
  4. In traditional cultures, an implement used to start a fire by friction.

Word forms

firestick firesticks

Etymology

From fire + stick.

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