lorry

Meaning

1. A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
2. a truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
3. A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
4. A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
5. (obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

truck

motor truck

autotruck

straight job

goods vehicle

barrow

cargo truck

load carrier

auto truck

motor lorry

motorlorry

pony truck

hand buggy

cargo vehicle

truck section

dilly

cart

heavy goods vehicle

Frequency

Hyphenated as

lor‧ry

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɒɹi/

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.