» truck
Noun (2 meanings)
1. an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling.
truck is a type of:
- motor vehicle, automotive vehicle (noun) - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
types of truck:
- dump truck, dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper (noun) - truck whose contents can be emptied without handling
- fire engine, fire truck (noun) - any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
- garbage truck, dustcart (noun) - a truck for collecting domestic refuse
- lorry, camion (noun) - a large truck designed to carry heavy loads
- pickup, pickup truck (noun) - a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- sound truck (noun) - a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising
- tow truck, tow car, wrecker (noun) - a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- tractor (noun) - a truck that has a cab but no body
- trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, semi (noun) - a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- transporter, car transporter (noun) - a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
- van (noun) - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
parts of truck:
- bumper (noun) - a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
- roof (noun) - protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
- stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar (noun) - a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks
- tailgate, tailboard (noun) - a gate at the rear of a vehicle
truck is derivationally related to:
- to truck (verb) - convey (goods etc.) by truck
2. a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects.
Verb (1 meaning)
1. convey (goods etc.) by truck.
to truck
Example:
- “truck fresh vegetables across the mountains”
to truck is a way to:
- to transport (verb) - move something or somebody around
to truck is derivationally related to:
- hauling, trucking, truckage (noun) - the activity of transporting goods by truck
- teamster, trucker, truck driver (noun) - someone who drives a truck as an occupation
- truck, motortruck (noun) - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling