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noun
A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Africa, India, Ireland, South-Asia, UK
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Synonyms: truck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motor vehicle, vehicle
noun
A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore
Topics: road, transport
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noun
A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: dray
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To transport by, or as if by, lorry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively, transitive
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noun
a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: camion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: truck, motortruck
noun
a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wagon, waggon
History
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.
