What does LORRY mean?
Definitions for LORRY
ˈlɔr i, ˈlɒr ilor·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
lorrynoun
a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
lorry, camionnoun
a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
Wiktionary
lorrynoun
A motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.
lorrynoun
A large low horse-drawn wagon.
lorrynoun
A small cart or wagon, as used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
lorrynoun
A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
lorryverb
To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.
Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps from English dialectal lurry. Perhaps of origin, related to lurja, lorja, lerja, lura, see lurt.
Wikipedia
lorry
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction, with a cabin that is independent of the payload portion of the vehicle. Smaller varieties may be mechanically similar to some automobiles. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful and may be configured to be mounted with specialized equipment, such as in the case of refuse trucks, fire trucks, concrete mixers, and suction excavators. In American English, a commercial vehicle without a trailer or other articulation is formally a "straight truck" while one designed specifically to pull a trailer is not a truck but a "tractor".The majority of trucks currently in use are still powered by diesel engines, although small- to medium-size trucks with gasoline engines exist in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The market-share of electrically powered trucks is growing rapidly, expected to reach 7% globally by 2027, and electric motive force already predominates among both the largest and smallest trucks. In the European Union, vehicles with a gross combination mass of up to 3.5 t (3.4 long tons; 3.9 short tons) are known as light commercial vehicles, and those over as large goods vehicles.
ChatGPT
lorry
A lorry is a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck. It's commonly used term in the UK, while the term "truck" is more commonly used in North America.
Webster Dictionary
Lorrynoun
a small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations
Wikidata
Lorry
Among horse-drawn vehicles, a lorry was a low-loading trolley. It was used mainly for the carriage of other vehicles, for example for delivery from the coachbuilders or returning there for repair. Its very small wheels were mounted under the deck which had to be wider than the track of the vehicles to be carried. It had two ramps, stowed above the back axle and below the body. These were withdrawn from the lorry and one end of each attached to the back of the deck while the other ends rested on the ground. A winch, mounted on the headboard was then used to draw the load up the ramps and onto the deck. The winch cable, low fixed sideboards and a low hinged tailboard plus lashings retained it there. The lorry was rather like a wooden version of the modern car-carrying trailer, intended for towing behind a car, except that the wheels were wooden, with iron tyres and were not close-coupled. The front ones were on a steering undercarriage. The driver's seat was mounted on the top of the headboard. Around 1900, the lorry developed a sturdier form for carrying the heavier motor cars. These motor car lorries were two-horse vehicles, partly because of the weight carried but also because the roll-resistance of the very small wheels had to be overcome. For the same reason, it was primarily an urban vehicle so that, on the paved roads, the small wheels were not an insurmountable handicap. In any case, the axles were sprung.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lorry
lor′i, n. a four-wheeled wagon without sides. [Perh. from prov. Eng. lurry, to pull.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'LORRY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2777
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Rank popularity for the word 'LORRY' in Nouns Frequency: #1818
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LORRY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LORRY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of LORRY in a Sentence
I'm not anti-Brexit, but I do want Brexit to go away, i buy a lot of fresh cheese from Italy that can't stay in a lorry park in Calais. I'd like to know my supply chain (and) ...I'm unable to plan that at the moment.
It all started with a woman in labor on the back of a lorry, by the time she reached the hospital via the longer - safe - route she had passed away.
The main feature is the safety cage with the seatbelt, and the idea is that it's wide enough that it won't go under the side of a lorry, of a modern bus or lorry, so it gets pushed away instead, and also if you're hit by a car it's effectively the same as a car roll cage. It's also got on the final version wing mirrors, indicators, hazard flashers, and a loud horn.
I will never forget the moment when Peter van Pels and I saw a group of selected men. Among those men was Peter’s father. The men were marched away. Two hours later, a lorry came by, loaded with their clothing.
I can remember other things very clearly despite me having been knocked off by cars, lorries and suffered concussion, three days in Southampton hospital through an accident with a lorry.
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- camiónSpanish
- लॉरीHindi
- トラックJapanese
- caminhãoPortuguese
- loriSwahili
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