delivery van
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1.8
- noun
- /dɪˈlɪvəri væn/
:
furgoneta de reparto
- The delivery van arrived early in the morning, bringing fresh vegetables to the market.
- delivery van and trucks
- parked delivery van
- white delivery van
Yeah, but I was watching a post office delivery van pull up and I said to my mate, that's our next one.
- Yeah, but I was watching a post office delivery van pull up and I said to my mate, that's our next one.
- We drive into the town, we rock up in the town and on the way back to the base, I overtake like a parcel delivery van.
Examples
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Sales of electric automobiles and delivery vans for urban use will grow rapidly.
Academic text (1990) -
A Globe delivery van, its side bearing the "Batman -- Hero or Menace?" advertisement, cruises past and dumps a bundle of papers on the curb.
Fiction book (1992) -
My little brother drives the delivery van.
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I have a delivery van coming in for Ms. Lance, his I.D. checks out.
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This is a fully electric delivery van that Rivian has created just for Amazon to deliver packages.
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The vehicle is a delivery van registered to Marcus and Isabella Hudson.
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She asked Barry, one of the young delivery van drivers at the supermarket, to pick her up and drive past the disco, offering him overtime pay for the job.
Fiction book (1997) -
He drove his delivery van through neighborhoods, honking his horn at the children he saw, tossing cases of chocolate cookies to them.
Fiction book (1996) -
Angel Ventura, 29, drives around Manhattan in a graffiti-covered delivery van for a Tribeca camera rental company.
Blog text (26) -
The streets of York's city centre are charming and narrow, and best of all, they're closed to cars until 4 PM each day (when suddenly they are full of delivery vans).
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
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1.6
A machine like a car or bus that carries people and goods
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2.5
A small truck with an open back for carrying goods
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3.2
A vehicle that transports goods or people
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2.5
A vehicle like a van that carries packages to customers
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2.5
A large vehicle that carries furniture and boxes when people move to a new home
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3.9
A van with solid sides used to carry goods for delivery
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2.0
A van or truck that collects and delivers laundry to customers
A small truck used to carry goods short distances
A large vehicle that carries goods
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Morphology
The meaning 'a van designed for transporting goods' is transparently built from 'delivery' (the act of delivering goods) + 'van' (a vehicle with a cargo area), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound's purpose. This noun–noun composition is a common, descriptive pattern cross-linguistically and follows regular English compounding, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Delivery van paints a simple picture: delivery is bringing goods and van is a small boxy vehicle that carries boxes to houses and shops. So, it means 'a van for taking goods to customers'.