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Meaning of firestick | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Suomi tulikeppi
Polski grzebło
Svenska eldgaffel

Examples

“Newton used a fire-stick a yard long to light his pipe.”
“If you did not stop, you ricked a firestick into the load and they were pretty good at it, believe me.”

CEFR level

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