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lorry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | camion |
| Type of | motortruck, truck |
Examples of lorry
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As we got out of the van, the lorry in front of us was being engulfed in flames.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Greek lorry drivers went on strike in protest, but the government did not budge.
From the economist.com
Only the very occasional lorry laden with vegetables trundles over the frontier.
From the economist.com
Biel, 30, was pictured unloading goods from a large lorry with other volunteers.
From the metro.co.uk
His defenders describe him as nothing more dangerous than a flying lorry driver.
From the economist.com
The people at Audi apologise and send a lorry to take the car away, in disgrace.
From the guardian.co.uk
We don't treat financiers the way we treat doctors or builders or lorry drivers.
From the guardian.co.uk
A 40-tonne articulated lorry is removed from a narrow lane in Forder, Cornwall.
From the dailymail.co.uk
He fell, quite literally, off the back of a lorry on January 31, 2001, aged 23.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- A large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
- A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
- A truck (American English) or lorry (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile. ...
- Among horse-drawn vehicles, a lorry was a low-loading trolley. It was used mainly for the carriage of other vehicles, for example for delivery from the coachbuilders or returning there for repair.
- The Lorry (Le camion) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
- (The Lorries) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are a rock band that were formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.
- A platform with 4 wheels used to transport goods on a railway.
- 1. truck. 2. a long, flat low wagon. 3. a truck used on railways and tramways.
- N. A lorry is the nearest eqivalent we have to a truck. I say "nearest equivalent" because lorries aren't generally as big as trucks. This has less to do with linguistic differences and more to do with the fact that our roads generally only have lane numbers in single figures.
