fire poker

Ember-stirring tool

A fire poker is a metal rod used to stir or rearrange burning logs and coals in a fireplace or wood stove.

The tool typically has a handle at one end and a pointed or hooked tip at the other for prodding embers and adjusting fuel: She grabbed the fire poker and shifted the logs to get more air to the flames.

Often shortened to just poker in context.

Related

wrought iron · prod · tongs · ash · flames · coals · grate · chimney · mantle · log · wood burning · open flame · kindling · jab · stoke · blaze · red hot · hot

Categories
Opposites
fire-tending vs. fire-extinguishing function

fire pokerfire extinguisher

Portable flame suppression device

fire blanket · bucket of water · fire hose · snuffer · damper

Family

fire, poker, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireman, fireplace, firework

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G