van
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or persons, usually roughly cuboid in…A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
» Tom told Mary to get in the van.
Том сказав Мері сісти до фургона.
Meaning
7 sensesA covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
Transporter, Lieferwagen
фурго́нfurgón, фу́раfúra, вэнvɛn
фурго́нfurhón, венven
(UK)An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
ваго́нvagón
ваго́нvahón
(dated)A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
A wing with which the air is beaten.
- a truck with an enclosed cargo space
- a camper equipped with living quarters
- (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
- the leading units moving at the head of an army
Examples
390 sentencesTom told Mary to get in the van.
Том сказав Мері сісти до фургона.
Tom's van is parked in the driveway.
Мікроавтобус Тома припаркований біля будинку.
Tom got out of the van.
Tom drove a van here today.
I don't often drive a van.
Translations
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Origin
Short for caravan. From Cornish. From Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”)Short for caravan.
From Cornish.
From Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”): compare French van and English fan, winnow. Doublet of fan.
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Forms
plural: vansSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
54 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- in the van
- drove a van
- of the van
- into the van
- blue van
- black van