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Fire department Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Fire department has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires

2

An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well.

See Also
local emergency fire company fire brigade preventing fire departments fire truck fire house
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
local department
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fire brigade
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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