Lieferwagen — meaning in English

English meaning

• truck noun A large motor vehicle used for carrying goods.
• van noun A boxy motor vehicle used to carry goods or passengers, larger than a car but smaller than a lorry.

Senses

Lieferwagen is used for these senses in English:

• truck (countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
• van 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.

truck — full definition

1. noun A large motor vehicle used for carrying goods.
2. verb To transport goods by truck.

van — full definition

1. noun A boxy motor vehicle used to carry goods or passengers, larger than a car but smaller than a lorry.
2. noun An enclosed railway carriage used to carry goods or luggage.

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