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garden truck

garden truck

4.6
Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell at markets
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑrdən trʌk/
  • US
translation icon : frutas y verduras frescas
  • The local farmers brought their garden truck to the Saturday market in baskets and crates.

Examples

  • She set up a roadside stand to sell garden truck from her family's farm.

  • At the farmer's market, I bought delicious strawberries and tomatoes from a garden truck.

  • In the past, small towns relied on fresh garden truck delivered daily by local growers.

  • The garden truck was filled with fresh produce.

  • Can you see the garden trucks at the market?

  • Every Sunday, local farmers sell their fresh produce from garden trucks at the community market.

  • The garden truck was filled with colorful vegetables and fragrant herbs ready for sale.

Synonyms

produce
vsgarden truck
137 1.1

Fresh fruits and vegetables often sold at markets

emphasizes that these items are grown specifically for market sale
fresh produce
vsgarden truck
9 1.0

Fruits and vegetables that are picked recently and not processed

focuses on items grown for market sale rather than processing status
green goods
vsgarden truck
2.0

Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell in markets

is the same meaning but presented as a different form
green groceries
vsgarden truck
  • UK
1.3

Fresh fruits and vegetables sold in shops or markets

focuses on items grown specifically for sale in the market
greengrocery
vsgarden truck
  • UK
4.1

Fresh fruit and vegetables sold in a market or shop

focuses on produce grown for sale in markets rather than retail location

Surface Forms

garden truck singular
garden trucks plural

Morphology

garden + truck

The meaning 'fresh fruits and vegetables grown for sale' is directly inferable from combining 'garden' (produce grown) with 'truck' (a vehicle) — i.e. a vehicle carrying garden produce. This is a transparent, compositional compound following common noun+noun formation patterns (and similar constructions exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the two words would readily understand it.

Etymology

The phrase garden truck may come from the image of small farmers loading vegetables from the garden onto a small truck or cart to take to the market. That's why it means 'fresh fruits and vegetables' grown to sell.