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FIREBREAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firebreak mean?
• FIREBREAK (noun)
The noun FIREBREAK has 1 sense:
1. a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
Familiarity information: FIREBREAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
firebreak; fireguard
Hypernyms ("firebreak" is a kind of...):
field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)
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