firehouse

Meaning

Noun

• A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
• A fire station

Origin

• From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs ("a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace"), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús ("kitchen").
• From fire + house.