Van

Quick meaning: Van is a noun meaning (British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

Meaning

(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

More Meanings

1. (aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
2. (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
3. (Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
4. Clipping of vanguard.
5. (mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
6. 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.
7. (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.

Example Sentences

[They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing.

He later told CW that he had been "v&" or "vanned" by the police, and he expressed surprise that the police showed him detailed transcripts of his conversations.

I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them.

2015 13-year-old credited with hacking CIA director’s AOL account gives bizarre, possibly final interview The hacker says he thinks he is about to be v&, or “vanned,” meaning being raided by law enforcement, sometime soon.

Word Forms

• vans
• vanning
• vanned

Synonyms for van

Depending on context, synonyms include minivan, minibus, vanguard, caravan, avant garde.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caravan, vanguard, avant garde, lorry, minivan, truckload.

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