"fireboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fireboats [plural], fire-boat [alternative], fire boat [alternative]
Etymology: From fire + boat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|boat}} fire + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} fireboat (plural fireboats)
  1. (firefighting) A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires. Translations (1. A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires): Löschboot [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-fireboat-en-noun-WJz6joIi Categories (other): Firefighting, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Firefighting Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Firefighting: 95 5 Topics: firefighting, government Disambiguation of '1. A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires': 97 3
  2. (military, nautical) Synonym of fireship Synonyms: fireship [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fireboat-en-noun-mJ1hC7ZF Categories (other): Military, Nautical, Watercraft Disambiguation of Watercraft: 41 59 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fireship Coordinate_terms: fire engine, firefighter, firehose

Inflected forms

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