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EXTINGUISHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extinguisher mean?
• EXTINGUISHER (noun)
The noun EXTINGUISHER has 1 sense:
1. a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
Familiarity information: EXTINGUISHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
asphyxiator; extinguisher; fire extinguisher
Hypernyms ("extinguisher" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
extinguish (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)
Context examples
Do have fire extinguishers on every floor and in your kitchen.
(Fire Safety, NIH)
On recognising him, the fang of the snake Jealousy was instantly broken; because at the same moment my love for Celine sank under an extinguisher.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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