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2 | 36% | 8 | Fire management method that involves igniting a fire at the fire's edge and allowing it to burn back towards the main fire. | |
3 | 23% | 5 | Thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon for “fire” due to its hollow stems used to blow air on embers, the tree Sambucus, with berries/flowers used for cordial, jam, pressé and wine | |
Rock Used To Start A Fire Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FLINT" which means:
- noun
- • A river in western georgia that flows generally south to join the chattahoochee river at the florida border where they form the apalachicola river
- • A hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
- • A city in southeast central michigan near detroit; automobile manufacturing adjective satellite
- • Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings verb
- • To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She struck the flint against a rock to create a spark."
- • "Archaeologists discovered ancient flint tools at the excavation site."
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