Definitions for fire-engine

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Fire-Engine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in fire-engine (-eeefgiinnr).

Definitions for fire-engine

noun

  1. a vehicle equipped for firefighting, now usually a motor truck having a motor-driven pump for shooting water or chemical solutions at high pressure.

Origin of fire-engine

First recorded in 1670-80

Examples for fire-engine

A sudden bellow from Gramps was as startling as the wail of a fire engine.

Who ever heard of a fire engine in the heart of the Florida Everglades?

Noises we hear, the warning shriek of the fire engine or the honk!

But if I had my fire engine here Flossie and I could have some fun.

These yielded to the fire engine, with leathern pipes, which was patented in 1676.

A moment later a fire engine, returning from a run, came into view.

"I guess it was on account of the fire engine," spoke up Jimmy Norton.

"Yep; my fire engine is all right," answered the little fellow.

Here you will see them most often as mascots in fire engine houses.

Red is for a fire engine, white for a hook and ladder company.

Word Value for fire-engine
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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