van S2 W3 /væn/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: caravan]

1. a vehicle used especially for carrying goods, which is smaller than a truck and has a roof and usually no windows at the sides:
a delivery van
a van driver

2. American English a large box-like car that can carry a lot of people

3. especially British English a railway carriage with a roof and sides, used especially for carrying goods:
a luggage van

4. be in the van (of something) to be one of the people who are in front or who are leading a change:
She was in the van of the feminist movement.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

van
noun
I. vehicle for transporting goods, etc.
ADJ. light | transit | camper | delivery, furniture, ice-cream, mail, removal | armoured, police
VERB + VAN drive | park | load, unload
VAN + NOUN driver

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

van
II. type of railway carriage
ADJ. goods, guard's, luggage

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