Van (v n, vän), Lake A salt lake of eastern Turkey. It is the largest lake in the country. |
| van 1 (vn) n. 1. a. An enclosed boxlike motor vehicle having rear or side doors and side panels especially for transporting people. b. A covered or enclosed truck or wagon often used for transporting goods or livestock. 2. Chiefly British A closed railroad car used for carrying baggage or freight. v. vanned, van·ning, vans v.tr. To transport by van: vanned the horses to the racetrack. v.intr. To drive or travel in a van: vanned around the country. [Short for caravan.] |
| van 2 (vn) n. The vanguard; the forefront. [Short for vanguard.] |
| van 3 (vn) n. 1. A wing. 2. Archaic A winnowing device, such as a fan. [Middle English, from Old English fann and Old French van, both from Latin vannus; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
van 1
Noun
1. a road vehicle with a roof and no side windows used to transport goods
2. Brit a closed railway wagon used to transport luggage, goods, or mail [shortened from caravan]
van 2
Noun
short for vanguard
Van a company of troops moving forward; the forward section of such a company or train of persons, 1633.
Examples: van of armies, 1879; of circumstances, 1820; of insurgents, 1816; of the Celtic migrations, 1850; of the procession, 1878; of testimonies, 1772; of the war, 1716.
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| Noun | 1. |  van - any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles |
| 2. |  van - the leading units moving at the head of an armyarmy unit - a military unit that is part of an army | |
| 3. | van - (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight railcar, railroad car, railway car, car - a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| 4. |  van - a camper equipped with living quarters | |
| 5. |  van - a truck with an enclosed cargo spacebookmobile - a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore delivery truck, delivery van, panel truck - a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers laundry truck - van that picks up and delivers laundry; "a laundry truck stops by every week" milk float - a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses moving van - a van used for moving home or office furniture passenger van - a van that carries passengers black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon, wagon - van used by police to transport prisoners motortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
Translations
n van [van]
a vehicle for carrying goods on roads or railways He drives a van; (also adjective ) a van-driver; a vanload of waste paper. paneelwa شاحِنَه، عَرَبَه микробус nákladní vůz varevogn; godsvogn; lastbils-; vogn- der Lastwagen;Lastwagen- κλειστό φορτηγό camioneta pakiauto, kaubavagun, furgoon کامین کوچک؛ وانت pakettiauto, tavaravaunu (de) camion(nette) מִסחָרִית, וָאן वैन kombi, kola za dostavu árukihordó tehergépkocsi, furgon mobil barang sendiferðabíll furgone 有蓋トラック (화물·동물 등을 나르는) 밴, 유개 트럭; 수하물차 furgonas, prekinis vagonas furgons; preču vagons van bestelwagen vare-/flyttebil; godsvogn furgon carrinha (de) camion (авто)фургон dodávka tovornjak kombi skåpbil, van รถตู้ kamyonet 運貨車, 有篷貨車 товарний вагон گاڑي xe tải 运货车, 有篷货车
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