van
/væn/
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or 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; An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van
- plural
- vans
Meanings
- 1
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 is in the van.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
The blue van is mine.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van
- 3
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goodsrare
- 4
A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be movedrare
- 5
A shovel used in cleansing orerare
- 6
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grainrare
- 7
A wing with which the air is beatenrare