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Meaning of fire dog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.
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Equivalents

Deutsch Mondhorn Mondidol

Examples

“He was[…] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

fire dogs fire door Fire drill fire eating fire eel fire engine