A brick capable of withstanding intense heat, used especially to line furnaces and fireplaces.
耐火砖
Example sentencesExamples
Another problem was the scarcity, not only of miners, but also of skilled labour to make firebricks and build the furnaces.
Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
If the chimney is firebrick then the squirrel can climb out on its own.
In the permanent fireplaces, check for loose firebrick, loose grill rods and rusty accessories.
Offers of land, firebricks, clay and equipment have poured in since the plan was first debated around the family cooking fires.
Definition of firebrick in US English:
firebrick
nounˈfī(ə)rˌbrikˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbrɪk
A brick capable of withstanding intense heat, used especially to line furnaces and fireplaces.
耐火砖
Example sentencesExamples
Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
If the chimney is firebrick then the squirrel can climb out on its own.
In the permanent fireplaces, check for loose firebrick, loose grill rods and rusty accessories.
Another problem was the scarcity, not only of miners, but also of skilled labour to make firebricks and build the furnaces.
Offers of land, firebricks, clay and equipment have poured in since the plan was first debated around the family cooking fires.