lorry

/ˈlɔri/

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Type

Noun

Meaning

  1. A large, heavy motor vehicle designed for transporting goods or materials by road.

    • A large lorry blocked both lanes of the highway after blowing a tire.

How it's used

Mostly British. In American English: truck.

Collocations

  • lorry driver
  • articulated lorry
  • drive a lorry
  • overloaded lorry

Synonyms

  • truck
  • semi
  • big rig

Idioms

  • fall off the back of a lorry

    British idiom referring to stolen or illegally acquired goods

    When he offered me a brand-new laptop for almost nothing, I suspected it had fallen off the back of a lorry.