Definitions from Wiktionary (VAN)
▸ noun: A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
▸ noun: (British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
▸ noun: (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
▸ noun: (aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
▸ verb: (Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
▸ noun: (mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
▸ verb: (mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
▸ noun: A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
▸ noun: A wing with which the air is beaten.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
▸ noun: A city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
▸ noun: A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
▸ noun: Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
▸ noun: Van (a province of Turkey).
▸ noun: A Van cat.
▸ noun: A Turkish Van cat.
▸ noun: Clipping of vanguard. [(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Vancouver. [A surname.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of value-added network. [A communications network with additional functions such as error correction, protocol conversion and message storing.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Vancouver. [A surname.]
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▸ noun: A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
▸ noun: (British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
▸ noun: (dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
▸ noun: (aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
▸ verb: (Internet slang, used in passive voice) Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).
▸ noun: (mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
▸ verb: (mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
▸ noun: A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
▸ noun: A wing with which the air is beaten.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
▸ noun: A city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.
▸ noun: A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
▸ noun: A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
▸ noun: Van (a city on the shore of that lake, the capital of Van province, Turkey).
▸ noun: Van (a province of Turkey).
▸ noun: A Van cat.
▸ noun: A Turkish Van cat.
▸ noun: Clipping of vanguard. [(military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Vancouver. [A surname.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of value-added network. [A communications network with additional functions such as error correction, protocol conversion and message storing.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of Vancouver. [A surname.]
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minivan,
passenger van,
cargo van,
sprinter van,
camper van,
conversion van,
luxury van,
handicap van,
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