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fire tower

 
Dictionary: fire tower

n.
A tower in which a lookout for fires is posted.


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In a building, a vertical enclosure (containing a stairway) having a fire-endurance rating sufficiently high to qualify as a fire escape.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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