fire apparatus


noun
  1. equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.

Origin of fire apparatus

1
First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby fire apparatus

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How to use fire apparatus in a sentence

  • The girls watched the rather primitive fire apparatus, with keen interest.

  • There never had been a fire apparatus of any kind in the balcony or the gallery.

  • I remember that I spent most of the time sucking a stick of candy and marveling at the fire apparatus.

    My Life | Josiah Flynt
  • By this time the street below was filled with fire apparatus, puffing, clanging and whistling.

  • At this moment the Kensington volunteer fire apparatus stopped opposite the alderman's office and began to peal its bells merrily.

    Bohemian Days | Geo. Alfred Townsend