Meanings
nounfire truck (plural fire trucks)
plural fire trucks
- AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUSfirefightingA motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).
Near-synonym: fire engine (often synonymous; sometimes precisely differentiated by equipment)
Synonyms: fire engine
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nounA motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).
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nounany of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
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Afrikaans brandweerwa
- brandweerwaladder truck
Arabic سيارة مطافئ
- سيارة مطافئladder truck
Chinese Mandarin 雲梯車 /云梯车
- 雲梯車 /云梯车ladder truck
Finnish tikasauto
- tikasautoladder truck
Indonesian branwir, mobil damkar
- branwirladder truck
- mobil damkarladder truck
- mobil tanggaladder truck
Polish wóz strażacki z drabiną, wóz strażacki
- wóz strażacki z drabinąladder truck
- wóz strażackifire truck in general
- samochód pożarniczyfire truck in general
Spanish camión contraincendios con escalera
- camión contraincendios con escaleraladder truck
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APA
fire truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20truck
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“fire truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20truck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire truck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20truck.
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