fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus

Examples of fire truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About an hour later, neighbors heard sirens as an ambulance, a fire truck, and police swarmed the area. — Eric Adler july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Sixteen ambulances and 10 fire trucks arrived at the scene, per the BBC. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Local media footage showed people trapped on the roof of the five-floor building, enveloped in thick black smoke, while the spray from fire truck hoses fell short of flames showing through windows on its upper floors. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

Local firefighters visited children at Camp Kehilla in Sunrise for a day of interactive safety and fire truck demonstrations. — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire truck

• thunderstruck
• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck

Kids Definition

fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires