van
IPA: vˈæn
noun
- A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
- (Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
- (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
- (aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
- (mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
- A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
- A wing with which the air is beaten.
- A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
- A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
- 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.
- Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
- Van (a province of Turkey).
- A Van cat.
- A Turkish Van cat.
- Clipping of vanguard. [(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.]
- Abbreviation of Vancouver. [A surname.]
- Abbreviation of value-added network. [A communications network with additional functions such as error correction, protocol conversion and message storing.]
verb
- (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
- (Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
- (mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
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Examples of "van" in Sentences
- The woman drove a van.
- What happened to the driver of the van
- A van shows up in the middle of the ramp.
- I'm sorry to all the van and truck drivers.
- The popularity of panel vans waned in the 1980s.
- They then carry the body of the policeman into the van.
- The Omnibus is a handsome machine, in the shape of a van.
- A drawer from a cash register was in the back of the van.
- In the Netherlands, Jan van Eyck was a leading portraitist.
- Everyone in the van is thoroughly doused in the foul contents.