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Fire alarm   /fˈaɪər əlˈɑrm/   Listen
Fire alarm

noun
1.
A shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out.
2.
An alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke.  Synonym: smoke alarm.






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"Fire alarm" Quotes from Famous Books



... dozed off to sleep when I hears this bell ringin' somewhere. I couldn't quite make out whether it was a fire alarm, or the z's in the back of the dictionary goin' off, when Vee calls out ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford

... way, if you see smoke coming from the Knickerbocker Theatre Building, don't turn in a fire alarm, for it is just the Friars showing their good feeling by trying to smoke up all the Friar cigars and cigarettes ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey

... has been devised, which excels any system heretofore used and is unique in its mechanism. The third rail for conveying the electric current is covered, so as to prevent injury to passengers and employees from contact. Special emergency and fire alarm signal systems are installed throughout the length of the road. At a few stations, where the road is not near the surface, improved escalators and elevators are provided. The cars have been designed to prevent danger from fire, ...
— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous

... of Baltimore is the big bell that hangs in the city hall tower, to strike the hour and sound the fire alarm. It is called "Big Sam," and ...
— Poems - Vol. IV • Hattie Howard



Words linked to "Fire alarm" :   smoke alarm, alarm system, warning signal, warning device, alarum, alarm, alert



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