fire alarm
noun /ˈfaɪər əlɑːm/
/ˈfaɪər əlɑːrm/
- a bell or other device that gives people warning of a fire in a building
- Who set off the fire alarm?
- It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.
- The fire alarm went off when I was making a coffee.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fire alarm- set off
- install
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
- system
- an occasion when a fire alarm goes off
- We had a fire alarm at work this morning.