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fire-fang

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
fire--fang
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From fire + fang; see fang (“to seize”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fire-fangs (present, singular) fire-fanging (participle, present) fire-fanged (participle, past) fire-fanged (past) firefang (alternative)

Questions

What does fire-fang mean?
To cause (manure) to lose its goodness and acquire an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.
Where does fire-fang come from?
From fire + fang; see fang (“to seize”).

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