motor transport

Wheeled engine travel

Motor transport refers to the movement of people or goods by motor vehicles—trucks, buses, cars, and similar road vehicles with engines.

The term appears most often in military and logistics contexts, where it distinguishes road-based movement from rail, air, or sea transport: The battalion's motor transport arrived at dawn.

It can also denote a fleet of such vehicles or the organizational unit responsible for them.

Related

heavy load · hauling · highway · diesel · wheels · road · fleet · lorry · trailer · delivery · delivery driver · transit · automobile · convoy · logistics · driving · engine · fuel

Opposites
mode of transport

motor transportrail transport

Track-based conveyance system

air transport · sea transport · water transport · rail freight · aviation

mechanization

motor transportpack animals

Creatures bred for hauling

horse and cart · cycling · walking · mule train · ox cart

Family

motor, transport, motors, motored, motoring, motorist, motorists, motorize, motorized

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G