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firehouse

fi·re·house

US/ˈfaɪɜrˌhaʊs/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a station housing fire apparatus and firemen

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Origin

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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