fire sale |
a sale at reduced prices of goods presumably damaged by or during a fire. |
fire service |
see "fire brigade." |
fire station |
a place where firefighters stay and where fire trucks and things to fight fires are kept. |
fire tower |
a high towerlike structure, usu. in a forest, from which a lookout keeps watch to detect and report fires. |
fire truck |
a large truck that firefighters ride in to go to a fire and that carries the things firefighters need to put out fires; fire engine. |
fire up |
to get (something) burning, heating, or cooking. [2 definitions] |
fire wall |
a wall of fireproof material intended to prevent the spread of fire, as from one part of a building to another. [2 definitions] |
fire-eater |
a performer, as in a circus, who pretends to swallow fire. [2 definitions] |
fire-resistant |
difficult to burn. |
free-fire zone |
a military area in which anyone or anything can be shot or bombed. |
Greek fire |
an incendiary material used in warfare by Byzantine Greeks in the Middle Ages. |
irons in the fire |
projects or undertakings. |
line of fire |
the path of a fired bullet or shell. [2 definitions] |
make a fire |
to arrange wood, paper, or other materials in such a way that they will burn together and then use a lighter or other device to start the materials burning. |
on fire |
burning; in flames. |
out of the frying pan into the fire |
from a bad position into one that is even worse. |
play with fire |
to bring about danger by doing something in a reckless way. |
rapid-fire |
of guns, designed to fire shots in rapid succession. [2 definitions] |
running fire |
a rapid, continuous series of shots. [2 definitions] |
Saint Anthony's fire |
any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions, such as ergotism. |