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box van

box van noun: a truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area.

box van: a truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area
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Noun

box van (plural box vans)

  1. A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area.
  2. (Australia, UK) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.

Synonyms of box van

Forms of box van

pluralbox vans

Questions about box van

What does box van mean?
Box van means a truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area.
What part of speech is box van?
Box van is a noun.
What is the plural of box van?
The plural of box van is box vans.

Words near box van in the dictionary

  1. box truck
  2. box trucks
  3. box turtle
  4. box turtles
  5. box up
  6. box van
  7. box vans
  8. box wagon
  9. box wagons
  10. box wine
  11. box wines

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