lorry
Motorway cargo hauler
A lorry is a large motor vehicle for transporting goods—the British term for what Americans call a truck.
The word covers everything from delivery vehicles to heavy freight haulers: The lorry jackknifed on the motorway.
In American English, lorry sounds distinctly foreign.
Large freight truck
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
- juggernautOverwhelming, crushing force
- articBritish slang for truck
- cabVehicle for hire
rigid · tachograph · Scania · Volvo · Mercedes-Benz · motorway · layby · truck stop
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- goodsThings for sale
- loadCarried weight or burden
cargo · merchandise · bulk · pallet · crate · container · payload · tonnage
Open-topped hauling vehicle
- tipperOne who leaves extra
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- dumperVehicle that unloads materials
- skipTo deliberately exclude
dustcart · removal · refrigerated · box · car transporter · concrete mixer · refuse · logging
Hinged-bed hauling vehicle
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
- cement mixerRotating construction blending machine
- aggregateCombined sum total
- rubbleBroken building fragments
gravel · sand · quarry · building site · roadworks · digger · crane · scaffolding
Vehicles under unified command
- depotVehicle storage facility
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- dispatchSend with speed
- routingPath selection process
scheduling · tracking · loading bay · forklift · supply chain · delivery note · trunking
HGV
Large freight truck
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
- juggernautOverwhelming, crushing force
- articBritish slang for truck
cab · rigid · tachograph · Scania · Volvo · Mercedes-Benz · motorway · layby · truck stop · haulier
freight
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- goodsThings for sale
load · cargo · merchandise · bulk · pallet · crate · container · payload · tonnage · manifest
flatbed
Open-topped hauling vehicle
skip · dustcart · removal · refrigerated · box · car transporter · concrete mixer · refuse · logging · livestock
dump truck
Hinged-bed hauling vehicle
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
- cement mixerRotating construction blending machine
- aggregateCombined sum total
rubble · gravel · sand · quarry · building site · roadworks · digger · crane · scaffolding · hardcore
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
routing · scheduling · tracking · loading bay · forklift · supply chain · delivery note · trunking
- Regional Slangy'all, bless your heart, cattywampus, ope, you betcha
- automotivecars, car, trucks, truck, buses
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- British Englishaluminium, aubergine, behaviour, biscuit, bonnet
- freight transportfreight train, freight car, cargo ship, container, cargo plane
- Britishismsbloke, blimey, bloody, cheers, loo
lorrycompact car
Small fuel-efficient automobile
motorcycle · subcompact · moped · bicycle · car
lorryfreight train
Rail vehicle hauling cargo
cargo ship · barge · aircraft · ship · train
- lorry driversCommercial vehicle operators
- breakdown lorryVehicle for moving disabled automobiles
- bin lorryWaste collection vehicle
- articulated lorryPivoting cab-and-trailer vehicle
- fallen off the back of a lorryEuphemism for stolen
- articulated lorriesJointed heavy goods vehicles