FIRE BRICK

  

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FIRE BRICK

Definition: FIRE BRICK

FIRE BRICK

1. A refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: FIRE BRICK

English words defined with "FIRE BRICK": Brick trimmerfirebrick. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FIRE BRICK": ladle cleaner, LADLE LINER, ladle patcherrefractory brickunderfire. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FIRE BRICK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  fire brick

77

  insulating fire brick

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FIRE BRICK

Language Translations for "FIRE BRICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ildfast sten (combustion block, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone, refractory brick), ildfast mursten (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vuurvaste steen (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick), haardsteen (fireplace lining), Chamottesteen (brick, clay, combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tulitiili (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick), tulenkestävä tiili (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

French

  

pierre réfractaire (firebrick, firestone), dalle de foyer (fireplace lining), brique réfractaire (firebrick, firestone). (various references)

   

German

  

feuerfester Ziegel (combustion block, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone, refractory brick), feuerfester Stein (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick), Verbrennungssperre (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick), Schamotteziegel (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick), Herdstein (fireplace lining), Explosionssperre (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πυρίμαχος οπτόπλινθος (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Italian

  

mattone refrattario (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Manx

  

breek aile. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irefay ickbray

   

Portuguese

  

tijolo refractário (combustion block, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone, refractory brick), ladrilho refractário (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ladrillo refractario (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

eldfast tegel (combustion block, firebrick, firestone, refractory brick). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FIRE BRICK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: firebrick.

Words within the letters "b-c-e-f-i-i-k-r-r"

-1 letter: brickier.

-3 letters: bicker, birkie, ferric, ickier, ribier.

-4 letters: biker, bikie, brick, brief, brier, cirri, crier, fiber, fibre, firer, frier, icier, icker, kefir, kibei, ricer, rifer.

-5 letters: beck, bice, bier, bike, birk, birr, brie, cire, crib, feck, fice, fire, keir, kerb, kerf, kibe, kief, kier, reck, reif, rice, rick, rife.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-e-f-i-i-k-r-r"
 

+1 letter: firebricks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FIRE BRICK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 49 52 45      42 52 49 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000010 01010010 01001001 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#73 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0049 0052 0045      0042 0052 0049 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4043523923652433745

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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