English Explanatory Dictionary

Firestone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.
noun
  1. Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
  2. A flint.
  3. A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces.

Word forms

Firestone Firestones

Etymology

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

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