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fireline

fireline noun: a firebreak.

Noun

fireline (plural firelines)

  1. A firebreak.
  2. A row of firefighters seeking to stop spread of a forest fire.
    • The ranger said that working a fire is called being "on the fireline."
  3. The line where firefighters intend to stop a spreading fire.

Verb

fireline (third-person singular simple present firelines, present participle firelining, simple past and past participle firelined)

  1. To create a firebreak.

Forms of fireline

Noun
pluralfirelines
Verb
third-person singular presentfirelines
present participlefirelining
past participlefirelined
pastfirelined

Origin of fireline

From fire + line.

Questions about fireline

What does fireline mean?
Fireline means a firebreak.
What part of speech is fireline?
Fireline can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of fireline?
The plural of fireline is firelines.

Words near fireline in the dictionary

  1. firelighter
  2. firelighters
  3. firelighting
  4. firelights
  5. firelike
  6. fireline
  7. firelined
  8. firelines
  9. firelining
  10. firelit
  11. fireload

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