supply truck

Cargo delivery transport

A supply truck is a vehicle used to transport goods, materials, or provisions to where they're needed.

The term appears most often in military contexts, where supply trucks move food, ammunition, fuel, and equipment to troops: The convoy of supply trucks was ambushed on the mountain road.

In civilian use, it describes any truck delivering supplies to a worksite, store, or remote location.

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war effort · troop transport · rations · ammunition · depot · delivery · hauling · diesel · flatbed · quartermaster · provisions · warzone · crates · heavy load · fuel · transport · rumbling · dirt road

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Opposites
military vehicle function

supply trucktank

Large storage vessel

combat vehicle · attack helicopter · fighter jet · warship · artillery piece

direction of material flow

supply truckmedevac

Emergency air transport injured

ambulance · recovery vehicle · garbage truck · refuse truck

Family

supply, truck, supplies, supplied, supplying, supplier, suppliers, resupply, trucks

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G