1. a large road vehicle used to carry goods; = lorry Bre
2. a railway vehicle that is part of a train and carries goods; = car AmE:
• coal trucks
to take something somewhere by truck:
• Crude oil would be imported on tankers and trucked to the pipeline.
— trucking noun [uncountable] :
• The company has operations in trucking and air freight.
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truck UK US /trʌk/ noun [C] TRANSPORT
► (UK also lorry) a large road vehicle that is used for transporting goods: »
The union represents truck drivers.
a commercial/delivery/tanker truck »He drives a delivery truck for the furniture store.
»a heavy/light/pick-up truck
»Car and truck sales plunged 8% last month .
► UK (US car) a part of a train that is used for carrying goods or animals: »
a cattle/coal truck
► a road vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods or animals: »
a cattle/horse truck
► a small vehicle on wheels that you push or pull, used for carrying things: »
Bring a hand truck to help unload boxes.
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truck UK US /trʌk/ verb [T] TRANSPORT
► to transport something in a truck: »
The wild, rod-caught salmon is trucked down from Loch Lomond.
»Massive roof trusses were manufactured off site, trucked in, and placed by crane.
»The soda pop is trucked 1,500 miles twice a month from bottling plants in Mexico.
Financial and business terms. 2012.