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fire station
noun
a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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| fire station | |
| —n | |
| firehouse, Also called (US): station house a building where firefighting vehicles and equipment are stationed and where firefighters on duty wait | |
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Example sentences
Insurers are thinking twice about covering people who live far from a fire station or a water source.
Presumedly the guys at the neighborhood fire station would feel exactly the same way.
Spend some time in a fire station, and one reason for this impressive retention rate soon becomes clear.
Since the last generation the railroad yard has become as inaccessible as the fire station.
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