Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, US)An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.

    Sackkarre, Sackrodel

    ручна́я теле́жкаručnája teléžka

    a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

  2. Synonym of pallet jack.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom bought a second-hand truck.

  2. Dollies have four wheels. The two-wheeled jobs are called hand trucks.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
box-moving handcart:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
box-moving handcart:

Forms

plural: hand trucks

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects:truck

Word family

3 related words

See also

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