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van
(væn)
Word forms: plural vans
1. countable noun
A van is a small or medium-sized road vehicle with one row of seats at the front and a space for carrying goods behind.
2. countable noun
A van is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
[British] In the guard's van lay my tin trunk.
regional note: in AM, use baggage car, boxcar van in British English 1
(væn)
noun
1. short for caravan (sense 1)
2.
a covered motor vehicle for transporting goods, etc, by road
3. British
a closed railway wagon in which the guard travels, for transporting goods, mail, etc
4. British delivery van
van in British English 2
(væn)
noun
short for vanguard
van in British English 3
(væn)
noun tennis, mainly British
short for advantage (sense 3). Usual US and Canadian word: ad
van in British English 4
(væn)
noun
1.
any device for winnowing corn
2. an archaic or poetic word for wing
Word origin
C17: variant of fan1Van in British English
(vɑːn)
noun
1.
a city in E Turkey, on Lake Van. Pop: 377 000 (2005 est)
2. Lake Van
Van in American English
(væn)
Lakesalt lake in E Turkey: c. 1,450 sq mi (3,755 sq km)
van in American English 1
(væn)
noun
vanguard
Word origin
abbrev. < vanguardvan in American English 2
(væn)
noun
1. Archaic
a winnowing machine
2. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a wing
Word origin
ME vanne < MFr van < L vannus, van, fan1van in American English 3
(væn)
noun
1.
a closed truck or wagon for moving furniture, carrying freight or people, etc.
2.
a small, closed truck for utility use, as deliveries, repairs, etc., or customized for use as an RV, airport limousine, etc.
3. British
a.
a closed railroad car for baggage, etc.
b.
a delivery wagon or truck
c.
trailer (sense 3)
verb transitiveWord forms: vanned or ˈvanning
4.
to transport in a van
verb intransitive
5.
to travel in a recreational van
Derived forms
vanner (ˈvanner) noun
Word origin
contr. < caravanvan in American English 4
(væn; Dutch vɑn)
preposition
of or from
in Dutch family names, van precedes a place name and together they indicate traditional place of origin: also Van Word origin
Du; akin to Ger vonvan in American English 1
(væn)
noun
1.
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance
2.
those who are in the forefront of a movement or the like
3.
the forefront in any movement, course of progress, or the like
Word origin
[1600–10; short for vanguard]van in American English 2
(væn)
Word forms: verb vanned, vanning
noun
1.
a covered vehicle, usually a large truck or trailer, used for moving furniture, goods, animals, etc
2.
a smaller boxlike vehicle that resembles a panel truck, often has double doors both at the rear and along the curb side, and that can be used as a truck, fitted with rows of seats, or equipped with living quarters for traveling and camping
3. Brit
a.
a railway baggage car
b.
a covered, boxlike railway car, as one used to carry freight
c.
a small, horse-drawn wagon or a small truck, as one used by tradespeople to carry light goods
4. Also called: van conversion
a conventional van whose cargo area has been equipped with living facilities, extra windows, and often increased headroom
transitive verb
5.
to transport or carry (freight, passengers, etc.) in a van
intransitive verb
6.
to travel in a van
Word origin
[1820–30; short for caravan]van in American English 3
(væn, Dutch vɑːn)
preposition
(often cap)
from; of (used in Dutch personal names, originally to indicate place of origin)
Word origin
[‹ D]van in American English 4
(væn)
noun
a wing
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME, var. of fan1]van in Automotive Engineering
(væn)
Word forms: (regular plural) vans
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle types)
A van is a small or medium-sized road vehicle with one row of seats at the front and aspace for carrying goods behind.
The company's new model of van has a payload of 2000lb.
He drives a small delivery van for a local store.
A van's engine is basically the same four or six-cylinder engine that is in today's cars,but in a body approximately 1000 pounds heavier.
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lakeIn other languagesvan
British English: van /væn/ NOUN
A van is a medium-sized road vehicle that is used for carrying goods.
- American English: van
- Arabic: شَاحِنَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: furgão
- Chinese: 小货车
- Croatian: kombi
- Czech: dodávka auto
- Danish: varevogn
- Dutch: bestelwagen
- European Spanish: furgoneta
- Finnish: pakettiauto
- French: camionnette
- German: Lieferwagen
- Greek: κλειστό φορτηγό
- Italian: furgone
- Japanese: バン 自動車
- Korean: 소형 트럭
- Norwegian: varebil
- Polish: furgonetka
- European Portuguese: furgão
- Romanian: dubă
- Russian: автофургон
- Latin American Spanish: furgoneta
- Swedish: skåpbil
- Thai: รถตู้
- Turkish: üstü kapalı yük aracı
- Ukrainian: фургон
- Vietnamese: xe tải
Chinese translation of 'van'
van
(væn)
n (c)
- (Aut)
厢(廂)式运(運)货(貨)车(車)
(xiāngshì yùnhuòchē) (辆(輛), liàng) - (Brit, Rail)
铁(鐵)路货(貨)车(車)车(車)厢(廂)
(tiělù huòchē chē xiāng)
- in good form
- in good hands
- in good king charles's golden days
- in-good-king-charless-golden-days
- in good nick
- in good nick/in bad nick
- in-good-nick-in-bad-nick
- in good order
- in good part
- in good/poor condition
- in (good, poor, etc.) taste
- in-good-poor-etc-taste
- in good season
- in-good-shape
- in good shape in bad shape
- in good spirits
- in good time
- in (good) working order
- ingot
- ingot iron
- ingraft
- ingraftation
- ingraftment
- ingrain
- ingrained