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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of huis + brand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦœy̯s.brɑnt/
- Hyphenation: huis‧brand
Noun
huisbrand m (plural huisbranden, diminutive huisbrandje n)
- (uncountable) domestic fuel
1947, Hendrik Jakob Keuning, Het Nederlandsche volk in zijn woongebied. Hoofdlijnen van een economische en sociale geografie van Nederland, page 426:De onderste veenlagen, meestal laagveen en overgangsveen, leveren huisbrand en aanmaakturf.- The lowest layers of peat, usually bog peat and transitional peat, provide domestic fuel and peat for lighting fires.
- (countable) residential fire, housefire (disastrous fire in a residence)
- Synonym: woningbrand
2012, Randy Singer, Laatste bekentenis:‘Hij en zijn moeder hebben zojuist het leven gelaten bij een huisbrand. […] ’- ‘He and his mother have just lost their lives in a residential fire. ’
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