English Explanatory Dictionary

van

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
  2. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
  3. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
  4. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
verb
  1. To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
  2. Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
noun
  1. Clipping of vanguard.
noun
  1. A shovel used in cleansing ore.
verb
  1. To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
noun
  1. A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
  2. A wing with which the air is beaten.
name
  1. A place in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
  5. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  7. A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
  8. A place in Wales:
  9. A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686).
  10. A hamlet in Llanidloes Without community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9587).
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
name
  1. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
  2. A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
  3. A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.
noun
  1. A Van cat.
  2. A Turkish Van cat.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of value-added network.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.

Pronunciation

văn /væn/ en-us-van.ogg

Word forms

van vans vanning vanned Van.

Etymology

Short for caravan.

Synonyms

minivan minibus YVR

Related words

lorry transit truck vane East Van North Van South Van West Van

Derived words

baggage van box van brake van camper van car-body van conversion van cube van delivery van detector van divvy van dollar van driving van trailer e-van ferry van gas van goods van guard's van ice cream van loony van luggage van Luton van motor-van moving van ninja van panel van party van patrol van pedo van police van public utility van rape van removal van serial-killer van serial killer van van-courier van courier van-dragger van-dragging van-girl vanily white van man white van speakers v& vanner

Translations

Arabic: بُحَيْرَة وَان Arabic: بُحَيْرَة الطِرِّيخ Arabic: بُحَيْرَة أَرْجِيش Armenian: Վանա լիճ Armenian: Վան Danish: Vansøen Finnish: Vanjärvi German: Van Latin: Arsene Russian: Ван Serbo-Croatian: Van Swedish: Vansjön Turkish: Van Gölü Uyghur: ۋان كۆلى
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