FIREGUARD

firebreak, fireguard

(noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fireguard (plural fireguards)

A mesh screen around a fire to prevent sparks or falling embers.

Synonyms

• fire screen

• firescreen

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 March 2025

PARAMAGNET

(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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