Definitions for extinguisher

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extinguisher ex·tin·guish·er

Spelling: [ik-sting-gwi-sher]

IPA: /ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃər/

Extinguisher is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 855 anagrams from letters in extinguisher (eeghiinrstux).

Definitions for extinguisher

noun

1. a person or thing that extinguishes.
2. fire extinguisher.
3. an instrument consisting of a cone-shaped cup attached to a handle or the end of a pole, for extinguishing a candle by momentarily closing off the burning wick from the air.

Origin of extinguisher

First recorded in 1550-60; extinguish + -er¹

Examples for extinguisher

If one device overheats in a passenger cabin, that fire can be readily handled with an extinguisher.

Why will a piece of paper twisted like an extinguisher put out a candle?

I flatter myself, I have laid an extinguisher, for ever, upon that pretext.

Fenellan, would have discharged an extinguisher on punctilio in emission.

A coronet is not merely an extinguisher: it is a hiding-place.

This last was a concession to Jan, who hated the extinguisher.

We tried to stop the fire with an extinguisher and cans of water.

I had failed to put the extinguisher on the lighter, and the wick had gone on burning.

He could not put out a fire with a spear, therefore he invented the extinguisher.

It was an octagonal turret, crowned by a roof in the form of an extinguisher.