van in English: A covered vehicle, bigger than a car, used for carrying tools, boxes or other things. (noun)

Translation

A covered vehicle, bigger than a car, used for carrying tools, boxes or other things.

Word origin

A short form of caravan, which came into English from Persian karwan, a group of travellers.

Gender

Pluralvans

parked .

A "van" is bigger than a car and closed at the back.

loaded .

People use a van to carry heavy or large things.

, .

"Van" is a countable noun, so it takes a or the.

car

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

truck

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

drive

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

road

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

bus

A large road vehicle that carries many people from place to place.

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