lor·ry
(lôr′ē, lŏr′ē)n. pl. lor·ries Chiefly British
A motor truck.
[Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul.]
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lorry
(ˈlɒrɪ)n, pl -ries
1. (Automotive Engineering) a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform. US and Canadian name: truck See also articulated vehicle
2. off the back of a lorry informal Brit a phrase used humorously to imply that something has been dishonestly acquired: it fell off the back of a lorry.
3. (Automotive Engineering) any of various vehicles with a flat load-carrying surface, esp one designed to run on rails
[C19: perhaps related to northern English dialect lurry to pull, tug]
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lor•ry
(ˈlɔr i, ˈlɒr i)n., pl. -ries.
Chiefly Brit. a large motor truck.
[1830–40; orig. uncertain]
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lorry
– truck1. 'lorry'
In British English, a lorry is a large vehicle used for transporting goods by road.
The lorries were carrying 42 tonnes of sand.
2. 'truck'
In American English, a vehicle like this is called a truck. In British English, small open lorries are sometimes called trucks.
A blue truck drove up and delivered some boxes.
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lorry
truck
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | lorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides |
| 2. |  lorry - a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sidesmotortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
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lorry
noun truck, van, juggernaut, HGV, heavy-goods vehicle, bakkie (S. African) a seven-ton lorry
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Translations
شَاحِنَةٌشاحِنَه، سَيّارَة شَحْن
nákladní autokamión
lastbil
kuorma-autorekkarekka-auto
kamion
vörubifreiî
トラック
트럭
sunkvežimio vairuotojassunkvežimis
smagā/kravas automašīna
tovornjak
lastbil
รถบบรทุก
xe tải
lorry
[ˈlɒrɪ] (Brit)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lorry
[ˈlɒri] n (British) → camion mlorry driver n (British) → routier m, camionneur mHe's a lorry driver → Il est routier.lorry load n
a lorry load of sand → un plein camion de sable, un camion de sable
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lorry
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lorry
(ˈlori) noun (American truck) a motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads. He has a licence to drive a lorry; a coal-lorry.
ˈlorry-driver nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lorry
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