fire truck

noun

: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus

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A couple of hours after the crash, fire trucks and police vehicles mostly blocked the view of the store from the street, but bystanders could see the rear of the silver car, still inside the bakery. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 Several fire trucks are seen surrounding the plane afterwards. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 In 2009, Jerry lost his reelection bid and blocked off the gillage with fire trucks until the result was amended. Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 The company is also working on ways to integrate this station into fire trucks, and developing software to distill insights and reports from the drone's data. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026 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 14 Feb. 2026.

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fire truck

noun
: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires

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