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firehouse

noun

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from fȳrhūs
  2. inherited from firhous

Definitions

  1. A house containing a fire to heat it

    A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.

  2. A fire station

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA