cube van

British  

noun

1. a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle

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Example Sentences

Shivering in my jacket, I’m supervising a group of kids unloading a cube van with Illinois plates.

From Literature

I’d reserved space on an excursion called “Sauna Meal & Aurora Borealis,” and soon, after driving in a cube van to an isolated campsite on the tundra, we were helping our guide Misha stretch a canvas cover across the crisscrossed spines of a tent frame over a portable sauna.

From New York Times

Our guide picked us up in a cube van from the hotel, and as we drove farther out of town the streetlamps disappeared, replaced by polar bear warning signs.

From New York Times