fire hall

noun

chiefly Canada

Examples of fire hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In March, the Daniels drag family hosted bingo at the Nescopeck fire hall, packed with more than 300 people in a fund-raiser for a nearby theater. Carolyn Kaster, Fortune, 3 July 2023 Rolling those ideas around in your mind as the Hated continue to wash the room with noise and memories becomes its own once-in-this-lifetime reverie — until the band blasts through the fire hall’s midnight curfew, the lights turn on and everyone has to go home. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023 The police department in Lower Burell, located in Westmoreland County, about 18 miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, said its officers were dispatched at 6:07 p.m. to the Kinloch Fire Department to a report about an active shooter inside the fire hall. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2021 Approximately 300 people came out to vote within the first two hours at the fire hall, election judges at Jarrettsville said, with about 75 or so people in line when the early voting center opened at 7 a.m. Masks and hand sanitizer were available for voters who needed them. Matt Button, baltimoresun.com, 26 Oct. 2020 Littleton wouldn’t exit the mindshare until the quartet’s final show at the Crofton fire hall in the summer of 1989. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023 Buildings damaged or destroyed in the fires included a church, Masonic Lodge, a former fire hall and a vacant house, according to authorities. Fox News, 10 July 2022 The fire station will replace the Twin Oaks fire hall, which has served the community for the past 58 years. Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2022 The event is often staged in a religious or fraternal organization’s basement, school, or social or fire hall. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 27 Jan. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire hall was in 1866

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“Fire hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hall. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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