firehouse
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See also: fire house
Etymology 1
From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”).
Noun
firehouse (plural firehouses)
Etymology 2
Noun
firehouse (plural firehouses)
- (US, firefighting) A fire station
Derived terms
Translations
fire station — see fire station
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