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Firehouse

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse. dialectal
  2. 2
    A fire station US
  3. 3
    a station housing fire apparatus and firemen wordnet

Etymology

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”).

Etymology 2

From fire + house.

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