convoy
to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
the act of convoying.
the protection provided by an escort.
a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort.
an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.
any group of military vehicles traveling together under the same orders.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. two or more CB-equipped vehicles traveling together.
Origin of convoy
1synonym study For convoy
Other words from convoy
- un·con·voyed, adjective
Words Nearby convoy
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How to use convoy in a sentence
If shots are transported during a blizzard, the vaccine convoy could follow 30 minutes behind a salt truck.
Now comes the hardest part: Getting a coronavirus vaccine from loading dock to upper arm | Lena H. Sun, Frances Stead Sellers | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostA love story set against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, the film opens with an Irish Republican Army ambush of a police convoy carrying two of their captured members, and was released in America as River of Unrest.
We’re social animals, and serving the greatest number in your social convoy guarantees your continued existence.
His strolling is interrupted when he receives a call from Peter Parker asking him to help supervise a prison convoy.
‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’: Like its movie counterparts, a confident and entertaining spectacle | Christopher Byrd | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostSuspects’ identities remain unclear in deadly convoy attack.
These 10 journalists have been killed and deserve justice immediately | Brett Haensel | November 2, 2020 | Fortune
At the head of this five-mile convoy was Ivan Smith, a 22-year-old Rhodesian.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs soon as the convoy left, Jimbo came out of the double doors.
But one convoy alone, according to Lysenko, consisted of 32 tanks, 16 D-30 howitzers and 30 KamAZ heavy trucks.
Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him | Jamie Dettmer | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe convoy included more than 40 tankers and trucks--19 of those were each towing a 122mm howitzer.
Thousands of Putin’s Troops Now in Ukraine, Analysts Say | Shane Harris | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Tuesday, the group witnessed a convoy of 43 unmarked green military trucks with tarpaulin covers moving towards Donetsk.
Thousands of Putin’s Troops Now in Ukraine, Analysts Say | Shane Harris | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was risky work to leave the valuable convoy for an instant, but Malcolm felt that he must probe this mystery.
The Red Year | Louis TracyYou must proceed, with your convoy and escort, till you regain the high-road, then take the first quarters you can find.
At the same time the Napoleon, with a convoy of steamers and transports, rose well into sight on our starboard quarter.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellGingham merely knew that a convoy was going up; and intended to go in company, for the sake of the guard.
Mr Chesterfield now pushed forward with a party by the lane towards the 410 ford, the convoy and the rest of the escort following.
British Dictionary definitions for convoy
/ (ˈkɒnvɔɪ) /
a group of merchant ships with an escort of warships
a group of land vehicles assembled to travel together
the act of travelling or escorting by convoy (esp in the phrase in convoy)
(tr) to escort while in transit
Origin of convoy
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