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FIREHOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firehouse mean?
• FIREHOUSE (noun)
The noun FIREHOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
Familiarity information: FIREHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A station housing fire apparatus and firemen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fire station; firehouse
Hypernyms ("firehouse" is a kind of...):
station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)
Holonyms ("firehouse" is a part of...):
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
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