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van

  • noun
  • văn

An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

Other meanings

  1. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.

  2. A shovel used in cleansing ore.

Example sentences

  • “Don't you live in a van?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “He's been living in his van for the past few months.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “van” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.