fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus

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After the service, Bobby’s team carries his casket to the fire truck for a large procession down the streets of Los Angeles, and a final alarm bell is sounded in the captain’s honor. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 May 2025 And then a bulldozer came through and had to clear out all the cars so the fire trucks get through. Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025 Thankfully, once the ladder was raised from the fire truck, Chewy was removed from the window ledge and carried back to the ground safely. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025 Israeli forces killed 15 other rescue and aid workers in the same attack, buried their bodies in a mass grave and crushed their ambulances, their fire truck and a United Nations vehicle — actions that have drawn international condemnation and scrutiny. Vivian Yee, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire truck

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 10 May. 2025.

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fire truck

noun
: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires

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