ladder truck

noun

: hook and ladder truck

Examples of ladder truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crews had at least two ladder trucks at the scene to spray water on the fire, and some firefighters attacked the fire from a neighboring home by smashing out the windows in order to make room for the fire hoses. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

The city plans to use the funds to add a battalion chief, demolish and reconstruct Fire Stations 33 and 37, build a training center and an additional fire station, purchase another ladder truck and two more ambulances and hire 36 more firefighters. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Sources tell Deadline that the stunt involved a firefighter swinging from a car over a set piece to the ladder truck. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

The department also improved its emergency response fleet by upgrading fire engines, ladder trucks and ambulances. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ladder truck

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