panel truck
2
3.9
- noun
- /ˈpænəl trʌk/
- US
:
furgoneta
- During the moving process, they hired a panel truck to carry all their furniture to the new house.
- an unmarked panel truck
- the side of the panel truck
- the back of the panel truck
Examples
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A panel truck missing a wheel sat propped on cinder blocks, its side crowded with graffiti.
Fiction book (1999) -
A man is standing at the open rear door of a brown panel truck.
Fiction book (1991) -
You said you're set for 40 units per panel truck?
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Dad delivered a panel truck full of boxes of paper to my school and Sis's school.
Blog text (20) -
Some are being loaded onto panel trucks and carted off.
Fiction book (1990) -
Beside the tanker, a panel truck sits, engine idling.
Fiction book (1996) -
A panel truck parks, and a uniformed deliveryman jumps out with a package in hand and heads up the walk.
Fiction book (1991) -
The delivery driver loaded boxes into the back of the panel truck before heading to the next stop.
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A local bakery uses a panel truck to transport fresh bread to customers every morning.
Synonyms
676
1.0
A medium-sized vehicle with a closed back used to carry goods or people
16
2.5
A vehicle like a van that carries packages to customers
3
1.8
A van that carries goods to customers
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Morphology
The meaning 'a type of truck with sides enclosed by panels used for deliveries' is directly derivable from combining 'panel' (a shaped piece forming part of an object) and 'truck' (a large vehicle for cargo). This noun–noun compound follows a common vehicle-naming pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Panel truck comes from the simple image of a truck whose load space is made from flat panels of wood or metal to form an enclosed box. Because those panels keep goods safe and dry, the name came to mean a vehicle used to 'deliver goods' or carry tools to customers.