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FIRE COMPANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fire company mean?
• FIRE COMPANY (noun)
The noun FIRE COMPANY has 1 sense:
1. a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
Familiarity information: FIRE COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 company" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
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