truck - English word #571

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.

Gender

Pluraltrucks

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"Truck" is one large vehicle for goods.

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

driver .

Here "truck" tells us what the driver drives.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

drive

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

travel

To go from one place to another, often far away.

thing

An object that you can see, hold, or talk about but may not name.

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