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fire screen

noun

  1. a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks.


fire screen

noun

  1. a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire
  2. a screen placed before a fire to protect the face from intense heat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

What is the fire-screen, he would say, but a table with the disk in a vertical position?

There was a table, too, graceful and gay as the chairs, and a fire-screen of fine needlework.

"Not if you had a fire-screen, Jack," Esme reminded him sweetly.

I'd be your fire-screen, only I think I'm rather hotter than the fire itself.

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