| / English Dictionary |
FIREMAN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play in which children pretend to put out a fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):
child's play; play (activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
Synonyms:
fire-eater; fire fighter; firefighter; fireman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fireman"):
fire chief; fire marshal (the head of a fire department)
fire warden; forest fire fighter; ranger (an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest)
Holonyms ("fireman" is a member of...):
fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A pitcher who does not start the game
Synonyms:
fireman; relief pitcher; reliever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):
hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fireman"):
closer; finisher ((baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
Synonyms:
fireman; stoker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("fireman" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
