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fire truck

noun
/faɪɚ tɹʌk/

Etymology

From fire + truck.

  1. derived from *der-✻ — “to flay, split”
  2. derived from *derew-✻
  3. inherited from *trokōn✻ — “to fail, miss, lack”
  4. inherited from trucian — “to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint”
  5. inherited from truken
  6. compounded as fire truck — “fire + truck”

Definitions

  1. A motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).

    • Near-synonym: fire engine (often synonymous; sometimes precisely differentiated by equipment)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA