firestone

¹

[ fahyuhr-stohn ]

noun

1. a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.

Firestone

²

[ fahyuhr-stohn ]

noun

1. Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.

firestone

/ ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a sandstone that withstands intense heat, esp one used for lining kilns, furnaces, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of firestone¹

before 1000; late Middle English fyyrstone, Old English fȳrstān. See fire, stone

Example Sentences

Past the firestone where Fatma is patting dough, as she has for 60 years.

From New York Times

She pointed to a stall where a wizened little woman was grill-ing meat and onions on a hot firestone.

From Literature

The church is built of that limestone or “firestone” found so freely in the neighbourhood—a famed speciality which entered largely into the building and ornamentation of Henry the Seventh’s Chapel at Westminster.

From Project Gutenberg

It is yellow, and glittering, and like enough to the real metal,—but see—it is brittle, cat-gold, 'iron firestone.'

From Project Gutenberg

Even the fire, for there was a fire, was a solid mass of firestones; a glowing grateful of hard coal; if there was life in that, it was the life of mere existence.

From Project Gutenberg