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 Definitions of VAN  [æn, vɑn]  

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Definition of 'VAN' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) van
the vanguard.

2. (n.) van
a covered vehicle, usu. a large truck or trailer, used for moving goods or animals.

3.  van
a smaller boxlike vehicle, resembling a panel truck, that can be used as a truck or for passengers or camping.

4.  van
Also called van conversion. a van whose cargo area has been equipped with living facilities.

5. (n.) Van
Lake, a salt lake in E Turkey. 1454 sq. mi. (3766 sq. km).


Definition of 'VAN' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

2. (noun) vanguard, van
the leading units moving at the head of an army

3. (noun) van
(Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

4. (noun) van, caravan
a camper equipped with living quarters

5. (noun) van
a truck with an enclosed cargo space


Definition of 'VAN' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) van
a vehicle like a large car without windows in back, used for carrying goods, equipment, etc.
a moving van

2.  van
a minivan


Definition of 'VAN' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) VAN
the front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle

2. (noun) VAN
a shovel used in cleansing ore

3. (noun) VAN
a light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods

4. (noun) VAN
a large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition

5. (noun) VAN
a close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2

6. (noun) VAN
a fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain

7. (noun) VAN
a wing with which the air is beaten

8. (verb) VAN
to wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel

9. (verb) VAN
to fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow


Definitions of 'VAN' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  VAN
a town in the Kurdistan Highlands, on the SE. shore of Lake Van, and 145 m. SE. of Erzerum; inhabited by Turks and Armenians.


Translation of 'VAN' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a vehicle for carrying goods on roads or railways
He drives a van; (; a vanload of waste paper.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: paneelwa Arabic flag Arabic: شاحِنَه، عَرَبَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: микробус
Brazilian flag Brazilian: camionete Czech flag Czech: nákladní vůz German flag German: der Lastwagen;Lastwagen-
Danish flag Danish: varevogn; godsvogn; lastb Greek flag Greek: κλειστό φορτηγό Spanish flag Spanish: camioneta
Estonian flag Estonian: pakiauto, kaubavagun, fur Farsi flag Farsi: کامین کوچک؛ وانت Finnish flag Finnish: pakettiauto, vaunu
French flag French: (de) camion(nette) Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִסחָרִית, וָאן Hindi flag Hindi: वैन
Croatian flag Croatian: kombi, kola za dostavu Hungarian flag Hungarian: árukihordó tehergépkocsi, Indonesian flag Indonesian: mobil barang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sendiferðabíll Italian flag Italian: furgone Japanese flag Japanese: 有蓋トラック
Korean flag Korean: 밴, 소형 트럭 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: furgonas, prekinis vagona Latvian flag Latvian: furgons; preču vagons
Malay flag Malay: van Dutch flag Dutch: bestelwagen Norwegian flag Norwegian: vare-/flyttebil; godsvogn
Polish flag Polish: furgon Portuguese flag Portuguese: carrinha Romanian flag Romanian: (de) camion
Russian flag Russian: (авто)фургон Slovak flag Slovak: dodávka Slovenian flag Slovenian: tovornjak
Serbian flag Serbian: kombi Swedish flag Swedish: skåpbil, van Thai flag Thai: รถตู้
Turkish flag Turkish: kamyonet Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 箱型車,(火車)廂式貨車 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: товарний вагон
Urdu flag Urdu: گاڑي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xe tải Chinese flag Chinese: 运货车,(有篷的)货车

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