ute

Australian utility vehicle

A ute is a utility vehicle—specifically, in Australian and New Zealand English, a pickup truck or similar vehicle with an open cargo bed: He threw the tools in the back of the ute.

The term is informal and ubiquitous in those regions, covering everything from work trucks to sporty models. (Capitalized Ute refers to an Indigenous people of the American Southwest.)

vehicle

pickup

Small open-bed truck

tray · towing · hauling · workhorse · tradesman · four-wheel-drive · off-road · diesel · V8 · chassis

Australian

Holden

Male given name

  • FordMajor American automaker
  • CommodoreDefunct home computer manufacturer
  • outbackRemote interior wilderness

tradie · bush · station · farm · stockman · jackaroo · country · rural · woolshed · paddock

Categories
Opposites
vehicle body type

utesedan

Enclosed passenger car

saloon · coupe · hatchback · minivan · people mover

vehicle purpose

uteluxury car

Expensive, high-end automobile

town car · executive car · family car · commuter car · limousine

Phrases
Family

utensil, utensils

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G