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Definition of Fire extinguisher
1. Noun. A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires.
Definition of Fire extinguisher
1. Noun. A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Extinguisher
Literary usage of Fire extinguisher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"Chemical fire extinguisher. For these so-called chemical extinguishers the
requirements are the following: a tank, a glass container, a hose. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Action by Mrs. EG Daniel against the Noble-Beveridge Company and the General Fire
Extinguisher Company. Demurrer of defendant General fire extinguisher ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"See FIRE-EXTINGUISHER. For further information on fire-engines, ... FIRE-EXTINGUISHER,
or FIRE-ANNIHILA- ток. An apparatus by means of which fire may be ..."
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