Meaning

5 senses
  1. (Africa, India, Ireland, South Asia, UK)A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck

    a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides

  2. (Malaysia, Singapore)A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.

  3. (dated)A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

  4. (dated)A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.

  5. (obsolete)A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

    a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides

Examples

114 sentences
  1. I'm a lorry driver.

    Я водій вантажівки. — deniko

    deIch bin Lastwagenfahrer. — al_ex_an_der

  2. You're a lorry driver, aren't you?

    Ти ж водій вантажівки? — deniko

  3. Tom is a bin lorry driver.

    Том — водій сміттєвозу. — deniko

    deTom ist Müllkutscher. — Esperantostern

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  4. You can't overtake that lorry now.

    Цю вантажівку зараз не обігнати. — deniko

    deDu kannst den Lastwagen jetzt nicht überholen. — felix63

  5. Where did he park his lorry?

    Де він припаркував свою вантажівку? — deniko

    ruГде он припарковал свой грузовик? — marafon

    deWo hat er seinen Laster geparkt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare di

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare dialectal lurry-cart), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

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Forms

plural: lorries
Singularlorry
Plurallorries

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides:camion

Word family

14 related words

See also

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