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# truck

noun (truck, trucks)

«truck» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A truck is a big vehicle for carrying heavy things (UK also: lorry). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#m1)
2. A truck is also a small cart with wheels for moving things by hand: a hand truck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#m2)
3. A food truck is a van that cooks and sells food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#m3)
4. Truck can also mean garden vegetables grown to be sold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#m4)

### In the lessons

Maths: a carrier with a load (boxes per truck), trips, weight; trucks needed = total ÷ load, rounded up. Everyday: fire truck, dump truck, garbage truck (UK: bin lorry), tow truck, pickup truck. Safety: big trucks have blind spots — stay far away when they turn.

### Examples

- Each truck carries 20 boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x1)
- There are 5 trucks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x2)
- A truck can hold 3 tons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x3)
- How many trucks are needed for 90 boxes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x4)
- The fire truck raced down the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x5)
- The garbage truck comes on Mondays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x6)
- We bought tacos from the food truck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x7)
- Never walk behind a truck that is backing up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x8)
- Yer you bin gobblin' up my green truck, en now you tryin' ter tote off my trap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a truck, trucks. Truck (US) = lorry (UK). Load per truck is a rate; total = trucks × load; trucks needed = total ÷ load, rounded up. Trap: 90 boxes in trucks of 20 need 5 trucks, not 4.5.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truck.html) on Mova free.