extinguisher
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- noun
- /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃər/
:
extintor
- In the background, hotel security men are checking fire extinguishers and closets.
- a fire extinguisher
The anvil clips the edge of the extinguisher, propelling it right toward a now destroyed GoPro.
- The anvil clips the edge of the extinguisher, propelling it right toward a now destroyed GoPro.
- Like, oh it's the first painting ever to be done with a fire extinguisher, Great.
- And my sister was trying to get the fire extinguisher going.
- And I was behind a tempered glass house that I could point my fire extinguisher out of.
- As we meet some walking through the hallway, I've grabbed the fire extinguisher and just went just sprayed them.
- He ends up a, a lick of flame shoots up and hits the fire extinguisher or fire, whatever and it goes off.
- So I I made it my mission to figure out why that's a problem, why you can't put out a metal fire with a water fire extinguisher.
Examples
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Do either of you know how to work a fire extinguisher?
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Then he notices a FIRE EXTINGUISHER hanging on the wall.
Fiction book (2001) -
Do you have a fire extinguisher in your office?
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Now, another thing that I did is in the front is I actually put another fire extinguisher at the front.
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Probably a good idea to have a fire extinguisher around.
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Just like a fire extinguisher or a first aid kit, it's just good to have one on hand at all times.
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Someone ran up with a fire extinguisher and covered the trash can with white powder.
Fiction book (1995) -
I assume there are fire extinguishers all around station.
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Fire alarms, as well as fire extinguishers, should be made readily available in the home.
Academic text (2007) -
Do you have a fire extinguisher in your office?
Synonyms
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A portable metal can you use to spray chemicals to put out small fires
A tool or substance used to put out fires like those in a kitchen
A tool you hold to put out small fires by stopping the air
Compounds
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
extinguisher = extinguish (transparent) = extinguish + er
The noun is a straightforward agent/instrument noun formed by adding '-er' to the verb 'extinguish', so learners who know the verb can infer the noun.
Etymology
Extinguisher comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and stinguere ('to put out'), and from the verb extinguish meaning 'to put out'. So an extinguisher is literally 'something that puts out', which is why we use it to stop fires.