fire station

noun

: a building housing fire apparatus and usually firefighters

Examples of fire station in a Sentence

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The men informed the fire station crew that a stray cat recently gave birth to five kittens in their garage, and one of the kittens had become stuck in the wheel. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 Two more victims self-transported themselves to a hospital and to a fire station, the release said. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 One walked into an area hospital and the other into a fire station for assistance. Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025 And there are other places, too, like the under-construction Palladium City Skyline apartments and Coffee Folk, a hip coffee shop operating from a trailer outside a historic fire station just off Lancaster. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire station

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire station was in 1877

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“Fire station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20station. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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fire station

noun
: a building housing fire trucks and usually firefighters

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