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FIRESTONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("firestone" is a kind of...):

sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("firestone" is a kind of...):

flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)

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