fire engine

noun

: a usually mobile apparatus for directing an extinguishing agent upon fires
especially : fire truck

Examples of fire engine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The defense argued the fire engine driver was driving 25 mph over the speed limit and failed to slow down for a red light at the bottom of a hill. Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 One of the Fort Worth firefighters injured in the fire engine rollover crash early Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital, officials said. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024 Emergency responders, including eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and a dozen ambulances, reported to the scene of the building collapse at W. Rickenbacker St. and Luke Street, officials said earlier in the evening. Danielle Jennings, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024 The nearest fire engine, located at Station 4 in Catonsville, had been closed hours earlier, as part of a countywide effort to save money on overtime, Sibiga said. Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024 Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called for flooding in the area. Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024 On Friday around 4 p.m., Jordan was working underneath the cab of a fire engine at a Gila Bend fire station when the cab gave way and trapped him underneath, according to fire officials. Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024 The fourth Fort Worth firefighter injured in a rollover crash of a fire engine while responding to a call in early February was released from the hospital, the Fort Worth Fire Department said in a social media post Friday. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024 Baker said previously that in years past, even low priority calls would result in a fire engine accompanying an ambulance to a scene if there was extreme weather. Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire engine was in 1626

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“Fire engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20engine. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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