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FIREBREAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firebreak mean? 

FIREBREAK (noun)
  The noun FIREBREAK has 1 sense:

1. a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fireplay

  Familiarity information: FIREBREAK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIREBREAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

firebreak; fireguard

Hypernyms ("firebreak" is a kind of...):

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)


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