plural of fire house

A watchtower to search for fires in a forest. / In a high building, a stairway protected by several inches of concrete and entered through a kind of "air lock" that prevents the smoke to enter inside it.

(military, idiomatic) To fire a weapon with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent (as opposed to a warning shot or a practice shot).

Alternative form of firefighting

plural of fire beetle

A brilliantly luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus, one of the elaters.

(archaic) Fresh from the forge; brand-new.

(agriculture) Of manure: having lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue because of the heat generated by decomposition.

Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.

plural of fire exit