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/trʌk/

Line drawing of truck
Coloured illustration of truck
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Translation

A large road vehicle used to carry heavy goods from place to place.

Word origin

From Latin trochus, meaning a wheel or hoop, later a small wheel.

Origin
Latin
Root
trochus

Grammar

Gender
Pluraltrucks

Examples

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"Truck" is one large vehicle for goods.

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"Trucks" is the plural, meaning more than one truck.

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Here "truck" tells us what the driver drives.

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This word is part of lesson 18.