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firegrate

A form of fire grate — A grate used to hold the fuel in domestic fireplaces and in many forms of heaters and furnaces.

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nounfiregrate (plural firegrates)

plural firegrates

alternativeAlternative form of fire grate.
The firegrate has an area of 28.5 sq. ft.
1941 April, “British Locomotive Developmentts”, in Railway Magazine, page 175
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The MR and GNR both delivered hundreds of thousands of tons of coal destined for London's domestic and commercial firegrates into their depots at St Pancras and King's Cross.
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42

Origin

From fire + grate.

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APA

firegrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firegrate

MLA

“firegrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firegrate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firegrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firegrate.

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