English > truck: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling. |
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| Synonym | motortruck |
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| Parts | bumper | A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage |
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| roof | protective covering on top of a motor vehicle |
| stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar | A rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks |
| tailgate, tailboard | A gate at the rear of a vehicle |
| Narrower | dump truck, dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper | truck whose contents can be emptied without handling |
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| fire engine, fire truck | Any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire |
| garbage truck, dustcart | A truck for collecting domestic refuse |
| lorry, camion | A large truck designed to carry heavy loads |
| pickup, pickup truck | A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard |
| sound truck | A truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
| tow truck, tow car, wrecker | A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) |
| tractor | A truck that has a cab but no body |
| trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, semi | A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
| transporter, car transporter | A long truck for carrying motor vehicles |
| van | A truck with an enclosed cargo space |
| Broader | motor vehicle, automotive vehicle | A self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
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| Spanish | camión |
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| Catalan | camió |
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| Verbs | truck | convey (goods etc.) by truck |
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