FIREBOAT

fireboat

(noun) a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fireboat (plural fireboats)

A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.

Coordinate terms

(firefighting)

• fire engine

• firefighter

• firehose

Anagrams

• biforate, to be fair

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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