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firebrick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fire + brick.

Meanings

1. a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
   • Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Brick Shop: Manufacture of firebricks. 1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 162:
2. The X11 color name of RGB hexadecimal value #B22222.

Forms

Relateds

fire brick

Translations (9)

bg огнеупорна тухла (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · fr brique réfractaire (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · pl cegła ogniotrwała (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · es ladrillo refractario (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · fi arinatiili (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · fi tulitiili (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · id bata api (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · el πυρότουβλο (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures) · fi tulenkestävä tiili (a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures)