"firehouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firehouses [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|firhous}} Middle English firhous, {{m|enm|fyrehous}} fyrehous, {{inh|en|ang|fȳrhūs||a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace}} Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), {{compound|en|fire|house}} fire + house, {{cog|is|eldhús||kitchen}} Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} firehouse (plural firehouses)
  1. (dialectal) A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-firehouse-en-noun-Y~MNGkXc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: firehouses [plural]
Etymology: From fire + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|house}} fire + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} firehouse (plural firehouses)
  1. (US, firefighting) A fire station Tags: US Categories (topical): Firefighting Derived forms: firehouse caucus, firehouse primary
    Sense id: en-firehouse-en-noun-0pXLMrd3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: firefighting, government
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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