firehouse

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noun

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

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fire station
OriginMiddle English firhous ← Old English fȳrhūs →
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Meanings

firehouse1

nounfirehouse (plural firehouses)

plural firehouses

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

firehouse2

nounfirehouse (plural firehouses)

plural firehouses

  1. USfirefightingA fire station

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna station housing fire apparatus and firemen

Similar
fire station
Broader
station
Also see
fire station

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

firehouse · noun

  1. Old Englishfȳrhūs“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”
  2. Middle Englishfirhous
  3. Englishfirehouse

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”).

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firehouse · noun

From fire + house.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

housefire
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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