brimstone

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbrɪmstəʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(brim′stōn′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
brim•stone /ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Chemistry sulfur.
Idioms
  1. fire and brimstone, (warnings about) hell for sinners:a sermon full of fire and brimstone.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
brim•stone  (brim′stōn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. sulfur.
  2. a virago;
    shrew.
  • Middle English brinston, etc., late Old English brynstān. See burn1, stone bef. 1150
brim′ston′y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
brimstone / ˈbrɪmˌstəʊn/
  1. an obsolete name for sulphur
  2. a common yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, of N temperate regions of the Old World: family Pieridae
Etymology: Old English brynstān; related to Old Norse brennistein; see burn1, stone
'brimstone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
fire-and-brimstone - sulfur

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