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FIREBOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fireboat mean?
• FIREBOAT (noun)
The noun FIREBOAT has 1 sense:
1. a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
Familiarity information: FIREBOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fireboat" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
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