Lorry

Quick meaning: Lorry is a noun meaning (British, Ireland, South Asia, India, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck.

Meaning

(British, Ireland, South Asia, India, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck.

More Meanings

1. (road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
2. (transitive, also figuratively) To transport by, or as if by, lorry.
3. (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
4. (dated) 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.

Example Sentences

I know I swing me Volvo all around you market square. I know you think that lorry drivers, we just don't care. But the streets are so narrow, built so many years ago. They were built for horses' carts, not juggernauts you know.

Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.

The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.

The most frequent age for starting in the actual occupation of lorry driving is 17 years. Trampers tend to start later, the mode amongst them being 19 years. The mean average age for beginning in lorry driving in the sample is between 21 and 23 years. The mean average number of years spent in lorry driving varies according to the type of driver.

Word Forms

• lorries
• lorrie
• lorrying
• lorried

Synonyms for lorry

Depending on context, synonyms include truck, dray, camion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include camion, van, flatbed, tractor-trailer, truckload, minivan.

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