van

Meaning

Noun

1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
2. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
3. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
4. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.

Verb

1. To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
2. Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).

Verb

To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Concepts

van

vanguard

truck

wagon

estate car

avant-garde

carriage

freight car

caravan

new wave

head

lorry

recreational vehicle

first

lead

pickup

coach

waggon

bus

box car

pale

box van

delivery truck

delivery van

panel truck

panel van

firing line

trip wire

spearhead

R.V.

camper

value-added network

minibus

baggage car

container truck

car

limo

advance guard

slapper

station wagon

pick-up truck

pickup truck

RV

Revised Version

motor home

rectal varicosity

reentry vehicle

rendezvous

residual volume

pick-up

luggage-van

Pronounced as (IPA)

/væn/

Etymology

Short for caravan.