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firehouse

firehouse noun: a house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.

Noun (1)

firehouse (plural firehouses)

  1. (dialectal) A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.

Noun (2)

firehouse (plural firehouses)

  1. (US) A fire station

Forms of firehouse

pluralfirehouses

Plural of firehouse: firehouses

Origin of firehouse

From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”).

From fire + house.

Words formed from firehouse

Phrases with firehouse

Questions about firehouse

What does firehouse mean?
Firehouse means a house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
What part of speech is firehouse?
Firehouse is a noun.
What is the plural of firehouse?
The plural of firehouse is firehouses.

Words near firehouse in the dictionary

  1. firehose cursors
  2. firehosed
  3. firehoses
  4. firehosing
  5. firehot
  6. firehouse
  7. firehouse caucus
  8. firehouse caucuses
  9. firehouse primaries
  10. firehouse primary
  11. firehouses

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