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# extinguisher

«extinguisher» in Mova's school dictionary: **A metal container, usually red, filled with water, foam…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an extinguisher, extinguishers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A metal container, usually red, filled with water, foam, powder or gas, used to put out a fire; full name «fire extinguisher». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#m1)

2) Anything that puts out a fire or a light, such as a candle snuffer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In fire safety lessons: children should not use an extinguisher themselves; they should get out, stay out and call 999 (UK), 911 (USA and Canada), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand) or 112/999 (Ireland). Different extinguishers are for different fires; water must never be used on oil or electrical fires.

### examples

- There is a fire extinguisher by every classroom door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x1)
- The firefighter showed us how an extinguisher works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x2)
- Never use a water extinguisher on an electrical fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x3)
- The chef used a fire extinguisher on the burning pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x4)
- The extinguisher is checked every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x5)
- Children should leave the building, not grab the extinguisher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/#x6)

### note

Takes «an». Spelling: «ex-tin-guish-er». Verb: «extinguish», to put out a fire.

### In the corpora

- [Fire extinguishers use water, foam, powder or carbon dioxide; the coloured band shows which fires each one is for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/8/)
- [Water must never be used on an electrical fire, because water carries electricity; carbon dioxide extinguishers push the oxygen away instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/9/)
- [Carbon dioxide pushes oxygen away from a flame, so poured over a candle it puts it out; some fire extinguishers use it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extinguisher» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguisher/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.