Associations to the word «Firebreak»

Wiktionary

FIREBREAK, noun. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.

Dictionary definition

FIREBREAK, noun. A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats