FIRE DRILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire drill mean? 

• FIRE DRILL (noun)
  The noun FIRE DRILL has 1 sense:

1. an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire

  Familiarity information: FIRE DRILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE DRILL (noun)

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Meaning:

An exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fire drill" is a kind of...):

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)