Crossword clues for fireguard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fireguard
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By the fireside Are all fires fitted with secure fireguards?
▪ Heater Hazards Always place a fireguard in front of an unattended open fire, especially if there are young children in the family.
▪ Heating is another danger area but, likewise, you can take preventative steps: Open fires should always have a fireguard.
▪ Mobile Mums group is aimed at mums and mobile babies in need of fireguards, etc. and more active toys.
▪ Once they can sit up, babies love to bash saucepans, plastic boxes, biscuit tins, cupboards and fireguards.
▪ Then the joys of Vinolia soap and towels hung to warm on the fireguard and flames dancing on her nakedness.
Wiktionary
fireguard
alt. A mesh screen around a fire to prevent sparks or falling embers. n. A mesh screen around a fire to prevent sparks or falling embers.
WordNet
fireguard
n. a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire [syn: firebreak]
a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) [syn: fire screen]
Usage examples of "fireguard".
One spat over the wire fireguard and smoldered on a rug until Sharpe leaned forward and pinched it out.
Strange that she had never noticed one handle on the old walnut chest of drawers to be odd before, or that one of the wires in the fireguard protruded a little.
In fact, I shouldn't be surprised if most of those beacon fireguards are still in place.