"firelighter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firelighters [plural]
Etymology: From fire + lighter. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|fire|lighter}} fire + lighter Head templates: {{en-noun}} firelighter (plural firelighters)
  1. small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (small block of flammable substance, used to light fires): подпалка (podpalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), optændingsblok (Danish), aanmaakblokje [neuter] (Dutch), sytytyspala (Finnish), allume-feu [masculine] (French), προσάναμμα (prosánamma) [neuter] (Greek), alágyújtós (Hungarian), uppkveikikubbur (Icelandic), adhantaí [masculine] (Irish), tennbrikett (Norwegian Bokmål), tennbrikett (Norwegian Nynorsk), podpałka [feminine] (Polish), расто́пка (rastópka) [feminine] (Russian), tändbrikett (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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