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false fire

false fire noun: a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.

Noun

false fire (plural false fires)

  1. (historical) A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.
  2. (historical) A light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.

Forms of false fire

pluralfalse fires

Questions about false fire

What does false fire mean?
False fire means a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.
What part of speech is false fire?
False fire is a noun.
What is the plural of false fire?
The plural of false fire is false fires.

Words near false fire in the dictionary

  1. false equivalences
  2. false eyelash
  3. false eyelashes
  4. false face
  5. false faces
  6. false fire
  7. false fires
  8. false flag
  9. false flagged
  10. false flagger
  11. false flaggers

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