"extinguisher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extinguisher.wav [Southern-England] Forms: extinguishers [plural]
Etymology: 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.
    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)
    Sense id: en-extinguisher-en-noun-7iOk--WW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 70 30 Disambiguation of 'anything that extinguishes something': 58 42
  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 Disambiguation of 'device for putting out a candle': 26 74

Inflected forms

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