TRUCK

Pronunciation (US):

• TRUCK (noun)
  The noun TRUCK has 2 senses:

1. an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
2. a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

  Familiarity information: TRUCK used as a noun is rare.

• TRUCK (verb)
  The verb TRUCK has 1 sense:

1. convey (goods etc.) by truck

  Familiarity information: TRUCK used as a verb is very rare.

• TRUCK (noun)

Meaning:

An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

motortruck; truck

Hypernyms ("truck" is a kind of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

Meronyms (parts of "truck"):

bumper (a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage)

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

anti-sway bar; stabilizer bar (a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis)

tailboard; tailgate (a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truck"):

dump truck; dumper; tip truck; tipper; tipper lorry; tipper truck (truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity)

car transporter; transporter (a long truck for carrying motor vehicles)

articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig (a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together)

tractor (a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans)

tow car; tow truck; wrecker (a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones))

sound truck (a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising)

pickup; pickup truck (a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard)

camion; lorry (a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides)

dustcart; garbage truck (a truck for collecting domestic refuse)

fire engine; fire truck (any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire)

van (a truck with an enclosed cargo space)

Meaning:

A handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hand truck; truck

Hypernyms ("truck" is a kind of...):

cart; go-cart; handcart; pushcart (wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels)

• TRUCK (verb)

Meaning:

Convey (goods etc.) by truck

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

truck fresh vegetables across the mountains

Hypernyms (to "truck" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP