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Meaning of Firestone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
  2. A surname from German.
  3. A flint.
  4. 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.

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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