andiron, firedog, dog, dog-iron
(noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace; “the andirons were too hot to touch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
firedog (plural firedogs)
(archaeology) A Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
(chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace
• (support for holding logs): andiron
Source: Wiktionary
Fire"dog`, n.
Definition: A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
