fire engine

noun

: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires

especially : fire truck

Examples of fire engine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eastside Fire and Rescue The Forest Service is also missing many mid-level managers, like fire engine drivers, engineers, operators and captains, according to several Forest Service employees who asked not to be named out of concern for their jobs. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

The La Habra Heights Fire Department, which according to its website has staffing for one fire engine, could not immediately be reached for comment. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

More than 60 fire engines, 35 water tenders, 50 hand crews and 17 helicopters are battling the wildfire, Cal Fire said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2026

Up and down the street, cars were burning — police cars, trucks, buses, postal vans, delivery vans, even a fire engine. — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

fire engine

noun

: fire truck