convoy
UK/ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/
convoy noun: one or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
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Noun
convoy (plural convoys)
- One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
- 'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a great big convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall
- 'Cause we got a great big convoy
- The act of convoying; protection.
Verb
convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)
- To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy / The total freight of hope and joy / Into rude and homely nooks, / Shed mocking lustres on shelf of books, […]1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 23
- To travel under convoy.
Proper noun capitalized: Convoy
Convoy
- A village in County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 2101).
- A village in Tully Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States, named after the Irish village.
convoy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
convoy in Hindi
- convoy
- सार्थ sārth
- convoy or caravan
- कारवाँ kārvā̃
convoy in Tamil
- பரிவாரம், உடன் செல் காப்பணி, துணைக் காப்புக் குழு, வழிதுணைக் காப்பு
convoy in Urdu
- group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
- قافِلَہ qāfila
convoy in Bengali
- পহরাদারি, রক্ষিত বহর
More languagesFewer languages
- convoy in Malayalam
- യാത്രയിൽ തുണപോകുക, രക്ഷകനായി അനുഗമിക്കുക, അകമ്പടി പോകുക
- convoy in Kannada
- ಕಾವಲುಪಡೆ, ಬೆಂಗಾವಲು
- convoy in Punjabi
- قافلہ qāfilah
- convoy in Odia
- କନଭଯ଼
- convoy in Sanskrit
- सार्थ sā́rtha
- convoy in Nepali
- काफिला, काफिलो
- convoy in Tagalog
- dalulong
- convoy in Arabic
- قَافِلَة qāfila
- convoy in Indonesian
- iring-iringan, konvoi
Examples of convoy in a sentence
- The jet fired a salvo of rockets at the truck convoy.
- Some of us rode two-up as we travelled in convoy to the beach.
- As the convoy entered the pass, we opened up on them with everything we had.
Forms of convoy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | convoys |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | convoys |
| present participle | convoying |
| past participle | convoyed |
| past | convoyed |
Origin of convoy
From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Vulgar Latin *convio (compare Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”)), from Latin con- (“together”) + via (“way”).
Words formed from convoy
Phrases with convoy
Words that rhyme with convoy
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- JOI
- joy
- alloy
- Amoy
- cloy
- deploy
- goy
- oi
- overjoy
- ploy
- travois
- ahoy
- annoy
- catboy
- Choi
- foxboy
- foy
- Hanoi
- hoi polloi
- kathoey
- poi
- Saint Croix
- soy
- Sukhoi
- accoy
- bok choy
- cocky's joy
- diaperboy
- doy
- Floy
- hoi
- hoo, boy
- hoy
- killjoy
- Kilroy
- koi
- loy
- man and boy
- noy
- oe
- oy
- pick-me boy
- ploye
- po' boy
- puppyboy
- Savoie
- stroy
- sugoi
Questions about convoy
- What does convoy mean?
- Convoy means one or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- What is convoy in Hindi?
- Convoy in Hindi is सार्थ (sārth), कारवाँ (kārvā̃). See Convoy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is convoy?
- Convoy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce convoy?
- Convoy is pronounced /ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of convoy?
- The plural of convoy is convoys.
Words near convoy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: convoy (page history and authors); Convoy (page history and authors); कारवाँ (Hindi) (page history and authors); convoy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convoy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convoy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convoy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قافلہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); convoy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सार्थ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); convoy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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