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 [vɑːn]
n
1. (Placename) a city in E Turkey, on Lake Van. Pop.: 226 965 (1997)
2. (Placename) Lake. a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft.): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq. km (1433 sq. miles)
van1
n
1. short for caravan [1]
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a covered motor vehicle for transporting goods, etc., by road
3. (Transport / Railways) Brit a closed railway wagon in which the guard travels, for transporting goods, mail, etc.
4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit See delivery van
van2
n
(Military) short for vanguard
van3
n Tennis chiefly Brit
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) short for advantage [3] Usual US and Canadian word ad
van4
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) any device for winnowing corn
2. an archaic or poetic word for wing
[variant of fan1]
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
van1 [væn]
van2 [væn] N (Mil, fig) → vanguardia f
to be in the van → ir a la vanguardia
to be in the van of progress → estar en la vanguardia del progreso
A. N (Brit) (Aut) → camioneta f, furgoneta f; (for removals) → camión m de mudanzas (Brit) (Rail) → furgón m
van2 [væn] N (Mil, fig) → vanguardia f
to be in the van → ir a la vanguardia
to be in the van of progress → estar en la vanguardia del progreso
van1
van2
van3
n
(Brit Aut) → Liefer- or Kastenwagen m, → Transporter m
van2
n abbr of vanguard (lit, fig) → Vorhut f; (fig also) → Spitze f, → Führung f; he was in the van of legal reform → er stand an der Spitze der Rechtsreformer
van3
van1 [væn] n (Aut) (small) → furgoncino; (for furniture) → furgone m (Rail) → vagone m
van1 [væn] n (Aut) (small) → furgoncino; (for furniture) → furgone m (Rail) → vagone m
van2 [væn] n in the van → all'avanguardia
van2 [væn] n in the van → all'avanguardia
van1 [væn] n (Aut) (small) → furgoncino; (for furniture) → furgone m (Rail) → vagone m
van2 [væn] n in the van → all'avanguardia
van2 [væn] n in the van → all'avanguardia
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, vaunu (de) camion(nette) מִסחָרִית, וָאן वैन kombi, kola za dostavu árukihordó tehergépkocsi, furgon mobil barang sendiferðabíll furgone 有蓋トラック 밴, 소형 트럭 furgonas, prekinis vagonas furgons; preču vagons van bestelwagen vare-/flyttebil; godsvogn furgon carrinha (de) camion (авто)фургон dodávka tovornjak kombi skåpbil, van รถตู้ kamyonet 箱型車，(火車)廂式貨車 товарний вагон گاڑي xe tải 运货车, 有篷货车
Van → جناح nákladní auto varevogn Lieferwagen κλειστό φορτηγό furgoneta pakettiauto camionnette kombi furgone バン 소형 트럭 bestelwagen varebil furgonetka furgão фургон skåpbil รถตู้ üstü kapalı yük aracı xe tải 小货车
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