fire point
/ˈfʌɪə pɔɪnt/noun
1Chiefly poetic. A point of light; especially a star.
2The lowest temperature at which a volatile substance will continue to burn after its vapour has been ignited.
3A place in a building at which firefighting equipment such as a fire extinguisher is sited.
Origin
Late 18th century (in an earlier sense). From fire + point.
- mineral yellow
- minerogenesis
- minerogenetic
- minerogenic
- minerotrophic
- minerotrophy
- mine royal
- miner's cat
- miner's dogwood
- miner's friend
- miners' friend
- miner's lettuce
- miners' lettuce
- miner's licence
- miner's license
- miner's right
- miners' strike
- Minerva
- Minerval
- Minerva-like
- Minerva press
- Minervois
- minery
- mineshaft
- mine-sowing