Definition of Firehouse

1. Noun. A station housing fire apparatus and firemen.

Exact synonyms: Fire Station
Group relationships: Base, Infrastructure
Generic synonyms: Station

Definition of Firehouse

1. Noun. (US firefighting) A fire station ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Firehouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firehouse

firefountain
firefountains
firefox
firefoxes
firefront
firefronts
fireguard
fireguards
firehall
firehalls
firehead tetra
firehose
firehosed
firehoses
firehosing
firehouse (current term)
firehouses
fireless
firelessly
firelessness
firelight
firelighter
firelighters
firelights
firelike
fireline
firelines
firelit
firelock
firelocks

Literary usage of Firehouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancestry of the Population of the U. S.Reference (1994)
"Other Workers' Dormitories—Includes persons in logging camps, construction workers' camps, firehouse dormitories, job-training camps, energy enclaves ..."

2. Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"Brewer says, in his " £ Ireland," published in 1825 : " A lateral part of the St. Brigid, locally termed the firehouse, in which this tire was maintained, ..."

3. Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"Brewer says, in his " Beauties of Ireland," published in 1825 : " A lateral part of the chapel of St. Brigid, locally termed the firehouse, in which this ..."

4. Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"Brewer says, in his " Beauties of Ireland," published in 1825 : " A lateral part of the chapel of St. Brigid, locally termed the firehouse, in which this ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"Also all that ancient Messuage or firehouse wherein one J. 13. now dwelleth," &c. Again, in 1683, lease of " the Hall or firehouse of the Mandón or Messuage ..."

6. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"Immediately after the discovery of the encroachment by the city's firehouse, negotiations were begun with the city engineer and commissioner of public works ..."

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