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Andiron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One of a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace. Also called dog; also called regionally dog iron, firedog.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One of a pair of metallic stands used to support wood burned on an open hearth.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. metal supports for logs in a fireplace

Word Usage

"Under his government industry flourished,and the mines and smokestacks of the Ruhr supplied his régime with the coal and the steel which, even more than blood andiron, underwrote the prosperity of the Reich."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

support

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

firedog dog

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