sheva /shə-väˈ/

1. (in Hebrew grammar) a point or sign (:), under a consonant, indicating absence of vowel
2. A neutral vowel sound, a schwa (phonetics)

• fire brigade
• fire brigades
• fire bucket
• fire buckets
• firebug
• firebugs
• fire clay
• fire control
• fire controls
• firecracker
• firecrackers
• firecrest
• fire-crested wren
• fire-crested wrens
• firecrests
• fired
• fire damp
• firedamp
• firedamps
• fire department
• fire departments
• firedog
• firedogs
• fire door
• fire doors