Definitions for hand truck

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hand′ truck`(n.)

  1. a two-wheeled, barrowlike conveyance for moving luggage, cartons, etc., consisting of a frame with a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top.

    Category: Transportation

Origin of hand truck:

1915–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hand truck, truck(noun)

    a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

Wiktionary

  1. hand truck(Noun)

    An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.


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