van
/væn/ noun B1- A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
- A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
- A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
Plural vans
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It reminds me of the circumstances attendant on the death of Van Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year ‘34.
He knows nothing of Van Seddar."
"I thought Van Seddar was going next week."
Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones—came out to his waiting motor-car, wrinkling a contumelious nostril, as usual, at the Italian renaissance sculpture of the soap palace’s front elevation.
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