truck farm

American  

noun

1. a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.

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truck farm British  

noun

1. a market garden

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Other Word Forms

• truck farmer noun
• truck farming noun

Etymology

Origin of truck farm

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

When he was 9, the family moved to Garden City, where they lived in a Sears and Roebuck house on the west end of town and transformed their city block into a truck farm.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2017

“Dad was about 13. He rode out there, got work on a truck farm in the valley.”

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2015

His father abandoned the family when John was quite young, and he grew up on his grandparents’ truck farm in central Pennsylvania.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015

Before she was two, her father moved the family to Artesia, Calif., where he bought a ten-acre truck farm.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the store we sold fresh produce my cousins brought in from their truck farm, and also dry goods and a little ammunition.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver