pipe bowl
Specifically the bowl of a smoking pipe where tobacco is placed and lit.
祖父は火皿に煙草を詰めて火をつけた。
My grandfather packed tobacco into the pipe bowl and lit it.
A metal container or grate for holding burning coals or incense; used in traditional heating or religious contexts.
寺で火皿に香を焚いた。
They burned incense in a censer at the temple.
flash pan; priming pan
Historical firearm term: the small pan on a muzzle-loading gun that holds priming powder.
火縄銃の火皿に口薬を入れる。
Put priming powder into the flash pan of the matchlock gun.
Compound of 火 (hi, 'fire') and 皿 (sara, 'plate, dish'), literally 'fire dish'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used for various fire-holding implements.