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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. A brick made from refractory material, such as fire clay, bauxite, diaspore, etc., used to withstand high temperatures. Refractory bricks are made in various sizes and shapes. b. A brick used as a lining for the interior of fireboxes in furnaces and boilers. Refractory brick is constructed so that it can withstand veryhigh temperatures, but it is not a very good insulator. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: REFRACTORY BRICK |
| English words defined with "REFRACTORY BRICK": Fire brick. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "REFRACTORY BRICK": BOILERMAKER I, boilermaker, assembly and erection, bulk volume ♦ castables worker, chrome brick ♦ FABRICATOR, INDUSTRIAL FURNACE ♦ ladle cleaner, LADLE LINER, ladle patcher ♦ modulus of rupture. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
refractory brick | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "REFRACTORY BRICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ildfast sten (combustion block, fire brick, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone), ildfast mursten (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vuurvaste steen (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone), Chamottesteen (brick, clay, combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulitiili (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone), tulenkestävä tiili (firebrick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pierre réfractaire, brique réfractaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verbrennungssperre (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone), Schamotteziegel (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone), feuerfester Ziegel (combustion block, fire brick, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone), feuerfester Stein (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone), Explosionssperre (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυρίμαχος οπτόπλινθος (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mattone refrattario (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efractoryray ickbray tijolo refractário (combustion block, fire brick, fire tile, firebrick, fireproofing tile, firestone), ladrilho refractário (combustion block, fire brick, firebrick, firestone). (various references) ladrillo refractario (firebrick). (various references) eldfast tegel (firebrick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-f-i-k-o-r-r-r-r-t-y" | |
-5 letters: refractory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 46 52 41 43 54 4F 52 59      42 52 49 43 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000110 01010010 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001 00100000 01000010 01010010 01001001 01000011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E F R A C T O R Y   B R I C K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0046 0052 0041 0043 0054 004F 0052 0059      0042 0052 0049 0043 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5239405235375449525923652433745 |
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