fireline
noun, verb
fireline is a noun meaning “A firebreak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-R-E-L-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 41 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fireline is firelines.
What does fireline mean?
noun
- 1
A firebreak.
- 2
A row of firefighters seeking to stop spread of a forest fire.
The ranger said that working a fire is called being "on the fireline."
- 3
The line where firefighters intend to stop a spreading fire.
verb
- 1
To create a firebreak.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fireline
- firelines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- firelining participle, present
- firelined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fireline?
Fireline appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fireline come from?
From fire + line.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).