fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus

Examples of fire truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The fire truck was finally disabled in Old North Sacramento near Calvados Avenue and Fairfield Street around 9:43 p.m. Video shows at least a dozen police vehicles barricading the suspect inside. David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024 As the plane taxied to the runway, a pair of fire trucks doused the plane with a water-cannon salute, an honor usually reserved for retiring pilots. Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 May 2024 Kids can enjoy a foam party complete with bubble stations, photo ops with a fire truck, a water squirter battle zone and more. Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024 The third team focused on another, short-term plan for cooling the core: fire trucks, which could inject water from emergency tanks into one of the reactor’s cooling systems. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011 See all Example Sentences for fire truck 

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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire truck was in 1855

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“Fire truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20truck. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

fire truck

noun
: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires

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