Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire step

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: fire step
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.

Example Sentences

"We stood on the fire step with our heads over the top, peering out into No Man's Land."
"‘One o' the men on the firestep was 'urt too, but they said it was only a nice blighty one.’"
"They spread the lime together, sprinkling it thickly along the firestep, throwing shovelfuls at a bad patch of wall."

Inflected Forms

fire steps (plural) firestep (alternative)

Questions

What does fire step mean?: A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.

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