ladder truck

noun

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Because of the ongoing police situation and suspect search, firefighters had to use ladder trucks to spray water on the fire from a few homes away. Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Video showed Reichstadter traveling back to the ground in the basket of a fire department ladder truck before he was ushered into an ambulance. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The ladder truck would replace the town’s current fire engine, which is 26 years old. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 The response included two battalion chiefs, two ladder trucks and four fire engines, authorities said. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ladder truck

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ladder truck was in 1889

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“Ladder truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ladder%20truck. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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