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

Police vehicles and fire engines are seen near the scene where a fire broke out at a substation supplying power to Heathrow Airport in Hayes, west London on March 21, 2025. —Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025

The site was surrounded by emergency vehicles, including police vans and a fire engine with a cherry picker shining light onto the scene below where investigators carried out their work. —Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025

Are more and wider roads needed to allow swifter evacuations and easier access for fire engines during future infernos? —Michael R. Blood, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025

The London Fire Brigade said the blaze involved 25,000 liters of burning oil used to cool the transformer, and took 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters 12 hours to bring under control. —Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

fire engine

noun

: fire truck