What is another word for lorry?

Pronunciation: [lˈɒɹi] (IPA)

When it comes to referring to a large vehicle that is used for transporting goods, there are numerous synonyms for the word "lorry". In some parts of the world, a lorry may also be known as a "truck", "18-wheeler" or "big rig". In the United States, it is common to call it a "semi-trailer" or "tractor-trailer". Meanwhile, in Australia, they refer to it as a "prime mover" whereas in New Zealand, it is called a "rig". Other synonyms that are commonly used for the word "lorry" include hauler, carrier, transport, mover, or conveyance. Whatever you may call it, there's no denying that these types of vehicles are essential in the world of transportation and commerce.

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What are the hypernyms for Lorry?

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What are the hyponyms for Lorry?

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Usage examples for Lorry

Homer Crawford vaulted out of the seat of the second lorry before it had settled to the sand.
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Dallas McCord Reynolds
As he spoke, he pulled his own Tommy-Noiseless from its scabbard on the front door of the air cushion lorry, and checked its clip of two hundred .
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Dallas McCord Reynolds
Take the second lorry.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds

Famous quotes with Lorry

  • I will never forget the moment when Peter van Pels and I saw a group of selected men. Among those men was Peter’s father. The men were marched away. Two hours later, a lorry came by, loaded with their clothing.
    Otto Frank
  • From that point, my universe went on crumbling; new cracks appeared all the time. I could see that the pleasant securities of childhood, all of those warm little human emotions, all of those trivial aims and purposes that we allow to rule our lives, were an illusion. We were like sheep munching grass, unaware that the butcher's lorry is already on its way. I got used to living with a deep, underlying feeling of uncertainty that no one around me seemed to share. It was rather like living on death row.
    Colin Wilson
  • Sometimes when he is among the sheep — when they have been rounded up to be dipped, and are penned tight and cannot get away — he wants to whisper to them, warn them of what lies in store. But then in their yellow eyes he catches a glimpse of something that silences him: a resignation, a foreknowledge not only of what happens to sheep at the hands of Ros behind the shed, but of what awaits them at the end of their long, thirsty ride to Cape Town on the transport lorry. They know it all, down to the finest detail, and yet they submit. They have calculated the price and are prepared to pay it — the price of being on earth, the price of being alive.
    J. M. Coetzee

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