Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire department

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
fire-de-part-ment
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

fire departments (plural)

Phrases

call the fire department fire brigade fire company fire service fire house fire station

Frequently Paired Words

fire brigade fire company fire service fire house fire station

Questions

What does fire department mean?
An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well, such as first aid and search and rescue.

How to pronounce fire department

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