brimstone.

1. Sulfur, especially in older language or descriptions associated with burning.

2. Hellfire or threatened damnation evoked through the image of burning sulfur.

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Words that belong together

• burning brimstone
• smell of brimstone

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The recipe listed brimstone among its materials.

The old account described burning brimstone.

The scholar identified brimstone as the traditional name for sulfur.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Usually mass noun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.