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fire engine
- a motor truck with a special pumping apparatus for spraying water, chemicals, etc. on fires to put them out
- loosely any motor truck for carrying firemen and equipment to a fire
See fire engine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of various large motor vehicles that carry firefighters and equipment to a fire and support extinguishing operations, as by pumping water. Also called fire truck.
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