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firelighter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: F AY1 ER0 L AY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: fireball

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noun

Meaning 2

(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: igniter, ignitor, lighter

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English lighter English firelighter From fire + lighter.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: подпа́лка (podpálka) — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Danish: optændingsblok — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Dutch: aanmaakblokje — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Finnish: sytytyspala — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • French: allume-feu — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Greek: προσάναμμα (prosánamma) — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Hungarian: alágyújtós — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Icelandic: uppkveikikubbur — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Irish: adhantaí — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tennbrikett — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tennbrikett — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Polish: podpałka — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Russian: расто́пка (rastópka) — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires
  • Swedish: tändbrikett — small block of a flammable substance used to light fires