FIRE WATCHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire watching mean? 

• FIRE WATCHING (noun)
  The noun FIRE WATCHING has 1 sense:

1. (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky

  Familiarity information: FIRE WATCHING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE WATCHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fire watching" is a kind of...):

civil defense (activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)