fire engine
noun
: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially : fire truck
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web According to the recordings released to NBC Los Angeles, the first fire engine arrived at the scene at 11:01 a.m., and within seconds dispatchers radioed a report that a person was trapped in the car that had crashed into the house. 
Eric Leonard, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022 Harold Baker, a volunteer firefighter in Nescopeck, Pa., was in the first fire engine on the scene of a blaze at his family’s home that left 10 dead Friday. Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Western Springs received a new fire engine July 11, compliments of a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022 The city also wants to spend around $330,000 on a small fire engine. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022 Purchased under a 10-year lease-to-own program for $591,268, which is being paid for using general fund capital improvement expenditure funds, the new custom fire engine boasts plenty of modern bells and whistles. John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021 As numerous alarms went off at 4:21 a.m. July 22 and an Orange Village fire engine was being lined up for mutual aid at a large house undergoing renovations, first responders arrived and found no flames showing. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 31 July 2022 The coming Type VI fire engine is known as a small brush rig and can go off road with 250 gallons of water. Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022 This fire engine was sold to Holmes County for $25,000 — a low price meant to cover the trade-in value for a machine that can cost about $700,000 new, Johnson said. Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 See More
Eric Leonard, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022 Harold Baker, a volunteer firefighter in Nescopeck, Pa., was in the first fire engine on the scene of a blaze at his family’s home that left 10 dead Friday. Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Western Springs received a new fire engine July 11, compliments of a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022 The city also wants to spend around $330,000 on a small fire engine. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022 Purchased under a 10-year lease-to-own program for $591,268, which is being paid for using general fund capital improvement expenditure funds, the new custom fire engine boasts plenty of modern bells and whistles. John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021 As numerous alarms went off at 4:21 a.m. July 22 and an Orange Village fire engine was being lined up for mutual aid at a large house undergoing renovations, first responders arrived and found no flames showing. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 31 July 2022 The coming Type VI fire engine is known as a small brush rig and can go off road with 250 gallons of water. Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022 This fire engine was sold to Holmes County for $25,000 — a low price meant to cover the trade-in value for a machine that can cost about $700,000 new, Johnson said. Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1626, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
fire engine
noun
: a truck equipped to fight fires