firelight
Noun
Meaning
the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Antonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Phrases with the word
Anagrams
Examples
Still, as I mused, the naked room, The alien firelight died away; And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright, unclouded day.
Safe were those evenings of the pre-war world When firelight shone on green linoleum, I heard the church bells hollowing out the sky, Deep beyond deep, like never-ending stars.
She thought to herself, "This is now." She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.
...and the lamp having at last resigned itself to death. There was nothing now but firelight in the room, And every time a flame uttered a gasp for breath It flushed her amber skin with the blood of its bloom.
Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it's warm and won't let you see the dust on the floor.
What is true by firelight is not always true by daylight.