firebar

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noun

Any of the metal bars that form the base of a boiler's furnace and support the fire.

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Meanings

nounfirebar (plural firebars)

plural firebars

  1. Any of the metal bars that form the base of a boiler's furnace and support the fire.

    On April 18 S.R. Pacific No. 34038 (71A) headed a Bournville excursion from Salisbury to Bristol but was detained at St. Philips Marsh shed on arrival with collapsed firebars and was still there at the end of the month; [...].

    1963 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 423

Origin

From fire + bar.

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APA

firebar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebar

MLA

“firebar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firebar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebar.

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