fire screen

noun

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

Origin of fire screen

First recorded in 1750–60

Words nearby fire screen

fire-resistant, fire-retardant, fireroom, firesafe, fire sale, fire screen, fire setting, fire ship, fireside, fireside chat, fireside chats

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Example sentences from the Web for fire screen

He had taken up a fire-screen, and was looking intently at the gauze.
A Woman of Thirty|Honore de Balzac
The grate, fire-screen, and poker remain as they were fifty-one years ago.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:|Thomas W. Silloway
She set her fire-screen down on the chimney-piece, and spoke with tenderness in every tone of her voice.
Father Goriot|Honore de Balzac
And thereupon his hand came upon other objects on the floor: a small table, a fire-screen.
The Blonde Lady|Maurice Leblanc

"Not if you had a fire-screen, Jack," Esme reminded him sweetly.
The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories|Mary Hallock Foote

British Dictionary definitions for fire screen

fire screen

noun

a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire

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

单词	fire screen
释义	fire screen noun a screen placed in front of a fireplace for protection, especially from sparks. Origin of fire screen First recorded in 1750–60 Words nearby fire screen fire-resistant, fire-retardant, fireroom, firesafe, fire sale, fire screen, fire setting, fire ship, fireside, fireside chat, fireside chats Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fire screen He had taken up a fire-screen, and was looking intently at the gauze. A Woman of Thirty\|Honore de Balzac The grate, fire-screen, and poker remain as they were fifty-one years ago. The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:\|Thomas W. Silloway She set her fire-screen down on the chimney-piece, and spoke with tenderness in every tone of her voice. Father Goriot\|Honore de Balzac And thereupon his hand came upon other objects on the floor: a small table, a fire-screen. The Blonde Lady\|Maurice Leblanc "Not if you had a fire-screen, Jack," Esme reminded him sweetly. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories\|Mary Hallock Foote British Dictionary definitions for fire screen fire screen noun a decorative screen placed in the hearth when there is no fire 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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