firelighter

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fire·light·er /ˈfaɪəˌlaɪtə $ ˈfaɪrˌlaɪtər/ noun [countable] British English  DHa piece of a substance that burns easily and helps to light a coal fire 〔生煤火用的〕引火物

Examples from the Corpus

firelighter• A redundant copy of the first issue of Witness had been screwed up and used as a firelighter.• You have not put any firelighters in.• Pine resin, collected by tapping, dried to lumps that made brilliant firelighters.• Uncontained, cordite makes a very good firelighter.

fire·light·er nounChineseSyllable  

substance burns that of helps a Corpus piece a and easily

firelighter
fire‧light‧er /ˈfaɪəˌlaɪtə $ ˈfaɪrˌlaɪtər/ noun [countable] British English
a piece of a substance that burns easily and helps to light a coal fire

fire·light·erBrE /ˈfaɪəlaɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfaɪərlaɪtər/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˈfire·start·er) noun [countable, uncountable] a block of material that burns easily and is used to help start a coal or wood fire （生炉子的）引火物