fire extinguishern.
/ˈfʌɪər ᵻkˌstɪŋɡwᵻʃə/, /ˈfʌɪər ɛkˌstɪŋɡwᵻʃə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ɪkˌstɪŋɡwɪʃər/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)r ɛkˌstɪŋɡwɪʃər/ΚΠ
1765 Palladium of Fame 95 A House..when on Fire, requires immediate Help from the able Carpenter, or Fire-Extinguisher.
1843 Spectator 26 Aug. 805/2 The different results of the fires of 1666 and 1843 are owing to the different classes of fire-extinguishers employed on the two occasions.
2. A device for extinguishing fires; spec. a portable device for discharging a jet of water, foam, gas, or other substance on a fire.
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1810 London Gaz. 24 July 1106/2 The Patent Concern of making Smoke Preventers and Fire-Extinguishers.
1835 Brit. Patent 6791 1855 17 The safety plate and fire extinguisher.
1849 Mechanics' Mag. 51 381 The patentee next describes a portable fire-extinguisher.
1883 U.S. Patent 282,981 1/1 A new and useful Improvement in Hand-Grenades for Fire-Extinguishers.
1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. xiii. 319 He..seized a fire extinguisher... He knew vaguely that you dashed the knob on the floor and sprayed the flames.
1973 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 3/2 On the day of the accident eight of the fire extinguishers were inoperable.
2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Dec. 49/3 The only tool for fighting kitchen conflagrations is the common fire extinguisher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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