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firehouse¹

Where it comes from

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”).

noun firehouses

  1. dialectal A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.

firehouse²

Where it comes from

From fire + house.

noun firehouses

  1. US A fire station

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"firehouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/firehouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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firehouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/firehouse

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"firehouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/firehouse.

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@misc{firehouse_2026,
  title = {firehouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/firehouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}