Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.

  2. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From fire + back.

From fire + back.

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Forms

plural: firebacks
Singularfireback
Pluralfirebacks

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbacksplash

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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