fireboat

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noun

A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.

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fireship
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Meanings

nounfireboat (plural fireboats)

plural fireboats · alternative fire-boat · alternative fire boat

  1. firefightingA harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
  2. governmentSynonym of fireship

    Synonyms: fireship

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of fireship

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fireship

Origin

From fire + boat.

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Translations

German Löschboot
  • Löschboot1. A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

fireboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireboat

MLA

“fireboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireboat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fireboat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireboat.

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