noun
- a covered vehicle, usually a large truck or trailer, used for moving furniture, goods, animals, etc.
- a smaller boxlike vehicle that resembles a panel truck, often has double doors both at the rear and along the curb side, and that can be used as a truck, fitted with rows of seats, or equipped with living quarters for traveling and camping.
- British.
- a railway baggage car.
- a covered, boxlike railway car, as one used to carry freight.
- a small, horse-drawn wagon or a small truck, as one used by tradespeople to carry light goods.
- Also called van conversion. a conventional van whose cargo area has been equipped with living facilities, extra windows, and often increased headroom.
verb (used with object), vanned, van·ning.
- to transport or carry (freight, passengers, etc.) in a van.
verb (used without object), vanned, van·ning.
- to travel in a van.
noun
- short for caravan (def. 1)
- a covered motor vehicle for transporting goods, etc, by road
- British a closed railway wagon in which the guard travels, for transporting goods, mail, etc
- British See delivery van
noun
- short for vanguard
noun tennis, mainly British
- short for advantage (def. 3) Usual US and Canadian word: ad
noun
- any device for winnowing corn
- an archaic or poetic word for wing
noun
- a city in E Turkey, on Lake Van. Pop: 377 000 (2005 est)
- Lake Van a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
“front part of an army or other advancing group,” c.1600, shortening of vanguard.
“covered truck or wagon,” 1829, shortening of caravan.