camion
Americannoun
plural
camions-
a truck used for carrying freight or military supplies, equipment, and troops.
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a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
noun
Etymology
Origin of camion
1880–85; < French < ?
Example Sentences
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Buy a gift, some kind of gift: a box of chocolate, a strand of pearls, an eau de parfum that fell off the back of a camion de livraison—all are worthy options.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2014
The word "camion" in Spanish usually refers to an 18-wheeler, but in Mexico it means "bus."
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2011
I rode to Gorizia from Udine on a camion.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
The ambulance drivers—Singer and Hughes—neglecting to unlock the ambulance doors, ran up the road and began working with the drivers of the camion to get the great van on the road again.
From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen
With a roar of heavy wheels and a grind of gears a camion went by.
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John
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