lorry
Americannoun
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lorries
plural
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Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.
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any of various conveyances running on rails, as for transporting material in a mine or factory.
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a long, low, horse-drawn wagon without sides.
noun
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US and Canadian name: truck. a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform See also articulated vehicle
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informal a phrase used humorously to imply that something has been dishonestly acquired
it fell off the back of a lorry
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any of various vehicles with a flat load-carrying surface, esp one designed to run on rails
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of lorry
First recorded in 1830–40; akin to dial. lurry to pull, drag, lug
Example Sentences
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Hauliers have described the cost to their businesses as "devastating" and say it now costs £250 a week more to fill up a lorry.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Copies of a "bombshell new book" by Earl Spencer, Princess Diana's younger brother, have been stolen from a lorry, the Daily Mail reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A railway bridge named as the most bashed in Britain has been struck by a lorry for the second time in two days.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Leicestershire Police said that at 05:52 BST on Sunday, the A5 Watling Street near Hinckley in Leicestershire was closed after a lorry crashed into the bridge.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nettle, the lorry driver, took out another cigarette and said, “So, which way, guv’nor?”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
At around seven o'clock last Saturday morning, dozens of men dressed in black climbed into the backs of lorries in a quiet Kent village called Preston-next-Wingham.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In Coedpoeth, villagers say lorries began dumping a few months ago on former farmland off Talwrn Road, and one person said so much had been deposited it had "levelled off" a hillside.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The investigations in Coedpoeth come as another field on the edge of the nearby village of Minera has seen dozens of lorries depositing materials, which one local councillor described as "reeking of diesel".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
At that time, the mode of travel preferred by cross-channel smugglers was freight lorries rather than small boats.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Two military lorries with canvas sides, with half a dozen armed guards in each.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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