tipper lorry
- noun
- /ˈtɪpə ˈlɒri/
- UK
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camión volquete
- After finishing the work, the driver raised the back of the tipper lorry to unload the sand.
Examples
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The construction crew loaded the gravel into the tipper lorry for quick transportation to the site.
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I used to drive Tipper Lorries right when I came in Basildon, some Irish guys, they were building Canary Wharf at the time.
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We saw a tipper lorry delivering soil to the garden center for the new plants they were planting.
Synonyms
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2.3
A large truck with an open back that lifts to drop its load
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6.2
A truck with a bed that tilts to unload loose material like sand
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4.9
A truck that carries loose material and empties it by tipping its load
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3.7
A truck with a bed that tilts to unload loose materials like sand
A truck with a tilting bed that unloads loose materials like sand or gravel
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'tipper' specifies a lorry whose bed tips to discharge material, so a learner who knows both 'tipper' and 'lorry' can combine those meanings to get the full sense. This follows a common English noun-modifier pattern (and parallels cross-linguistic terms like 'dump truck'), making it immediately understandable to B1-level learners.
Etymology
Tipper lorry describes the truck's action: it has a bed that tips so the load slides out, like tipping a wheelbarrow. The word tipper points to that tipping action and lorry means 'truck', so the name tells you it is a truck that lifts its bed 'to empty by tipping'.