extinguisher

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=tin=guish=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

extinguisher, n. 

 One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.  [1913 Webster]

fire extinguisher a portable device designed to deliver chemicals, usually in a stream, that can suppress or extinguish a fire. Examples of fire extinghuishers are a carbon dioxide extinguisher, or CO2 extinguisher, and soda-acid extinguisher.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

extinguisher, n. a person or thing that extinguishes, esp. = fire extinguisher.

THESAURUS

extinguisher

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