firehouse

The English word “firehouse” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
A fire station

Etymology

From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”).

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