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fire engine

noun [C]
 
 
(US also fire truck)

Definition

a large vehicle that carries firefighters and their equipment to a fireFire serviceFire and flameTrucks, vans and caravans
(Definition of fire engine noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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