Definition of Lorry

1. Noun. A large low horse-drawn wagon without sides.

Generic synonyms: Waggon, Wagon

2. Noun. A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides.
Exact synonyms: Camion
Generic synonyms: Motortruck, Truck

Definition of Lorry

1. Noun. (British) A motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A large low horse-drawn wagon. ¹

3. Noun. (dated) A small cart or wagon, as used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. ¹

4. Noun. (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lorry

1. a type of wagon or truck [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorry

lorises
lorisidae
lorks
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lorn
lornly
lornness
lornnesses
lornoxicam
lorra
lorrell
lorrells
lorrie
lorried
lorries
lorry (current term)
lorryful
lorryfuls
lorrying
lorryless
lorryload
lorryloads
lory
los
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losable
losableness
losablenesses
losange

Literary usage of Lorry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith (1862)
"This lorry was being loaded when the accident happened which is hereafter ... The course of business as to loading was as follows:— Each lorry was in ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"This lorry was being loaded when the accident happened which is hereafter ... The course of business as to loading was as follows:—Each lorry was in ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith (1862)
"This lorry was being loaded when the accident happened which is hereafter ... The course of business as to loading was as follows:— Each lorry was in ..."

4. Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing His Literary and by Jean François Marmontel (1807)
"the air of France ; and this consultation, dictated by Mademoiselle I'Espinasse, was obtained by D'Alembert from his intimate friend lorry, one of the most ..."

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