US /væn/
noun verb name Freq #1317

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A covered road vehicle, larger than a car, used for carrying goods or groups of people.

    The workers loaded their tools into the back of the van.

  2. 2
    verb

    To carry something or someone in a van.

    The horses were vanned to the race track early in the morning.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a covered road vehicle,... minivanminibus
Word family
Forms vans
Derived forms e-vanmotor-vanvan-couriervan-draggervan-draggingvan-girlvanily
Related forms lorrytransittruckvane

Etymology

From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

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