EXTINGUISHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extinguisher mean? 

• EXTINGUISHER (noun)
  The noun EXTINGUISHER has 1 sense:

1. a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

  Familiarity information: EXTINGUISHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTINGUISHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

asphyxiator; extinguisher; fire extinguisher

Hypernyms ("extinguisher" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

extinguish (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)

 Context examples 

Do have fire extinguishers on every floor and in your kitchen.

(Fire Safety, NIH)

On recognising him, the fang of the snake Jealousy was instantly broken; because at the same moment my love for Celine sank under an extinguisher.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)