truck
Big road hauler
A truck in many dialects of English is a road vehicle that can carry a load.
There is great variety in trucks, ranging from a small pickup truck to a tractor-trailer combination.
Before another noun, truck describes things that are for trucks or involve trucks (truck stop, truck driver).
A railcar without a top is sometimes called a truck.
To truck something is to transport it by truck.
If you’re trucking along, you are moving steadily and easily.
Small open-bed truck
- lorryBritish freight vehicle
- semiLarge freight truck
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- flatbedOpen-topped hauling vehicle
dumptruck · firetruck · tanker · semitrailer · rig · articulated · refrigerated · chassis
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- haulageCommercial goods transport
delivery · distribution · warehousing · pallet · container · manifest · consignment · export
Commercial freight driver
- interstateBetween political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
- convoyGuarded traveling group
logbook · diesel · mileage · tachograph · truckstop · roadhouse · detour · overnight
Controlling direction of movement
- shiftingChanging position or form
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
transmission · mirrors · lane · traffic · parking · honk · intersection · pedestrian
pickup
Small open-bed truck
- lorryBritish freight vehicle
- semiLarge freight truck
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
flatbed · dumptruck · firetruck · tanker · semitrailer · rig · articulated · refrigerated · chassis · cab
cargo
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
haulage · delivery · distribution · warehousing · pallet · container · manifest · consignment · export · import
trucker
Commercial freight driver
- interstateBetween political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
convoy · logbook · diesel · mileage · tachograph · truckstop · roadhouse · detour · overnight · dispatcher
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- shiftingChanging position or form
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- accelerationRate velocity changes
clutch · transmission · mirrors · lane · traffic · parking · honk · intersection · pedestrian · roundabout
construction
Process of building something
heavy-duty · machinery · mining · logging · oilfield · concrete · gravel · earthmoving · quarry · tipper
trade
Exchange of commodities
trucksedan
Enclosed passenger car
compact car · subcompact · motorcycle · scooter · bicycle
- fire truckEmergency vehicle for blazes
- garbage truckVehicle collecting household waste
- ice cream truckMobile frozen dessert vendor
- tow truckVehicle that pulls others
- dump truckHinged-bed hauling vehicle
- truck driverCommercial vehicle operator
trucks, trucked, trucking, trundle, truckers, truckloads, truckle, truckful, truck stop