"fire brick" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fire brick (not comparable)
  1. Of a bright red colour. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of a bright red colour): tiilenpunainen (Finnish), ceglany (Polish), cărămiziu (Romanian), roșiatic (Romanian), roșcat (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-fire_brick-en-adj-Ihj03TMs

Noun

Forms: fire bricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fire brick (countable and uncountable, plural fire bricks)
  1. Alternative form of firebrick. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: firebrick
    Sense id: en-fire_brick-en-noun-JKOAWpY-
  2. (uncountable) A bright red colour. Tags: uncountable Translations (colour): tiilenpunainen (Finnish), kolor ceglany [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), cărămiziu (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-fire_brick-en-noun-kkpkS9OI Disambiguation of 'colour': 0 73 27
  3. (starfish) Asterodiscus truncatus - a large brightly coloured starfish found in deep waters around parts of northern New Zealand. Plenty. A chrome colour heavily blotched with vermilion and the terminal plates are mauve to purple. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a type of starfish found in parts of New Zealand; Asterodiscus truncatus.): kapu ura (Māori), rozgwiazda ognista [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fire_brick-en-noun-kXue-NGg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Reds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 13 2 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 4 3 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 2 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 2 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 5 5 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 4 4 4 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 5 5 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 10 3 83 Disambiguation of Reds: 16 3 17 64 Disambiguation of 'a type of starfish found in parts of New Zealand; Asterodiscus truncatus.': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for fire brick meaning in English (3.5kB)

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