camion
Americannoun
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camions
plural
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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
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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
Roaring with heavy wheels, grinding with gears, throbbing with motors, camion after camion went by, slowly, stridently.
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by John Dos Passos
Then I thought I'd never get the second camion cranked.
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by John Dos Passos
It was raining outside and now and then a dripping camion passed along the road, slithering through the mud.
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by John Dos Passos
Along the poplar-flickering roads south of Paris last week rolled two camions each bearing an enormous head.
From Time Magazine Archive
We passed other camions on the road and I looked at the country.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Through the town of Meaux went the long line of camions and to the village of Montriel-aux-Lions, less than four miles from the rapidly advancing German line.
From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Inez Bigwood
Now, the way to the capital was silent and empty, save for gray military motors and lumbering army camions.
From Everyman's Land by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
He waited for her eyes to open, then hailed her genially as he waved at a tangle of camions and ambulances now blocking the bridge.
From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson
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