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What (who) is VAN - definition

COVERED TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE
Van (vehicle); VAN; Van (road vehicle); Mail-van; Vancycle; Full-size van; Dry van; News Van; Man and van; Cargo van; Passenger Van; Full size van; Utility van; Cargo Van
  • A [[ Chevrolet]] van equipped with professional carpet cleaning tools
  • [[Toyota Sienna]] minivan in the United States
  • A [[Ford Transit Custom]] low roof van
  • [[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter]] high roof van
  • Dodge Ram van]] in the United States
  • A [[Federal Express]] step van
  • box truck]] (also referred to as a box van)
  • Lublin III]] van
  • [[Roger Fenton]]'s photographic van, [[Crimea]], 1855
  • [[Toyota HiAce]] [[cab over]] van

van         
(vans)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A van is a small or medium-sized road vehicle with one row of seats at the front and a space for carrying goods behind.
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2.
A van is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. (BRIT; in AM, use baggage car
, boxcar
)
In the guard's van lay my tin trunk.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
VAN         
van         
van1
¦ noun a covered motor vehicle used for transporting goods or people.
?Brit. a railway carriage for conveying luggage, mail, etc.
?Brit. a caravan.
Origin
C19: shortening of caravan.
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van2
¦ noun (the van)
1. the foremost part of a group of people, especially the foremost division of an advancing military force.
2. the forefront of developments or ideas.
Origin
C17: abbrev. of vanguard.
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van3
¦ noun
1. archaic a winnowing fan.
2. archaic or literary a bird's wing.
Origin
ME: dialect var. of fan1, prob. reinforced by OFr. van or L. vannus.
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van4
¦ noun Brit. Tennis informal term for advantage.

Wikipedia

Van

A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages.

Examples of use of VAN
1. The collection includes works by Dutch masters Van Ruysdael, Van Goyen and Van Dyck.
2. During Sunday‘s interrogation, van der Sloot‘s wife, Anita van der Sloot, met with Joran in jail, said van der Straaten.
3. "I knew Pham Van Troi through the internet who introduced me to Nguyen Van Dai.
4. "Van Gogh, Draughtsman÷ the Masterpieces" is at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, until Sept. 18.
5. Van Gogh officials said the letters were important for understanding Van Gogh‘s development.