fire line

noun

: firebreak

Examples of fire line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the rest of the day, as planes and helicopters dropped water, Olstead worked the fire line with the dozer while others put out spot fires with pumps and hoses. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for another day on the fire line. — Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Firefighters were continuing to set up fire lines to slow its spread. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Crews were expected to cut fire lines on the north, south, and, on the northeast flank of the fire, near where the Fred Mountain Fire, and a third, the Stallion Fire, is burning north of Reno. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire line

• alkaline
• andesine
• anodyne
• anticline
• arginine
• asinine
• benzidine
• borderline
• byzantine
• calamine
• caroline
• centerline

Kids Definition

fire line

noun

: firebreak