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fire screen
noun
- a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks.
fire screen
noun
- a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire
- a screen placed before a fire to protect the face from intense heat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fire screen1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences
Mrs. Nightingale was sitting with her back to the light sheltering her eyes from the blaze with a fire-screen.
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What is the fire-screen, he would say, but a table with the disk in a vertical position?
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There was a table, too, graceful and gay as the chairs, and a fire-screen of fine needlework.
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"Not if you had a fire-screen, Jack," Esme reminded him sweetly.
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I'd be your fire-screen, only I think I'm rather hotter than the fire itself.
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