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Firestone¹

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Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”). Doublet of Feuerstein.

proper noun Firestones

  1. A surname from German.

firestone²

Where it comes from

From Middle English firestone, firstan, fyrestane, fyyr stone, from Old English fȳrstān, equivalent to fire + stone.

noun firestones · fire stone · fire-stone

  1. countable, uncountable Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
  2. countable, uncountable A flint.
  3. countable, uncountable A heat-resistant stone that will withstand intense heat of a furnace, used for lining kilns, campfire rings, fireplaces and furnaces; especially, the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England. On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge.

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Españolpiedra ígnea, piedra pírica, piedra vulcania

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@misc{firestone_2026,
  title = {firestone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/firestone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}