FIRE BRIGADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fire brigade mean? 

• FIRE BRIGADE (noun)
  The noun FIRE BRIGADE has 2 senses:

1. a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires

2. British name for a fire department

  Familiarity information: FIRE BRIGADE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRE BRIGADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

fire brigade; fire company

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

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

British name for a fire department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)