fire truck
A motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatusA motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).
» Is that a fire truck?
Это пожарная машина?
Це пожежна машина?
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US)A motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).
Near-synonym: fire engine (often synonymous; sometimes precisely differentiated by equipment)
- any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
Examples
14 sentencesIs that a fire truck?
Це пожежна машина? — deniko
ruЭто пожарная машина? — marafon
The fire had already gone out by the time the fire truck arrived.
The house burned to the ground before the fire truck arrived.
deDas Haus brannte nieder, bevor der Feuerwehrwagen kam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Traditionally, fire trucks are usually red.
Why are there fire trucks in front of our building?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From fire + truck.From fire + truck.
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Forms
plural: fire trucks| Singular | fire truck |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire:fire engine