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US/væn/
UK/væn/
a covered vehicle, bigger than a car, used for carrying goods or groups of people
In context
The delivery van stopped outside our office with three boxes of printer paper.
We hired a van to move all our furniture to the new apartment.
Twelve of us squeezed into a minibus-sized van for the trip to Da Lat.
Words that go with van
noun + noun
- delivery vanA delivery van blocked the narrow street for ten minutes.
- police vanTwo police vans arrived at the stadium before the match.
verb + noun
- hire a vanIt's cheaper to hire a van than to pay a moving company.
- drive a vanMy uncle drives a van for a courier firm.
noun + preposition
- in the back of the vanThey loaded the boxes in the back of the van.
adjective + noun
- white vanA white van was parked outside the gate all morning.