"extinguisher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extinguisher.wav Forms: extinguishers [plural]
Etymology: From extinguish + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|extinguish|-er|id2=agent noun}} extinguish + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} extinguisher (plural extinguishers)
  1. One who, or that which, extinguishes something.
    A fire extinguisher.
    Sense id: en-extinguisher-en-noun-7iOk--WW
  2. One who, or that which, extinguishes something.
    (historical) A small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle.
    Tags: historical Synonyms (device for putting out a candle): extincteur
    Sense id: en-extinguisher-en-noun-CwbsuuNw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'device for putting out a candle': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (anything that extinguishes something): пожарогасител (požarogasitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), slukker [common-gender] (Danish), extincteur [masculine] (French), Löschgerät [neuter] (German), Gluttöter [masculine] (German), сөндіруші (söndıruşı) (Kazakh), slukker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), extintor [masculine] (Spanish), extinguidor [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), släckare (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'anything that extinguishes something': 50 50

Inflected forms

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        "A small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle."
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