different between lorry vs truckload

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l??i/
• Homophone: lory
• Rhymes: -?ri
• Hyphenation: lor?ry

Noun

lorry (plural lorries)

1. (road transport, Britain, India) A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck.

   Synonyms: hauler, rig, tractor trailer, (US) truck
2. (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
3. (dated) A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
4. (obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled wagon without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

Alternative forms

• larry (dated)
• lorrie (dated)

Hypernyms

• (motor vehicle for goods transport): vehicle

Derived terms

Related terms

• lowry
• lurry

Descendants

• ? Chinese: ??, ??
• ? Farefare: loore
• ? German: Lore
• ? Irish: leoraí
• ? Malay: lori
• ? Moore: lore
• ? Swahili: lori
• ? Telugu: ???? (l?r?)
• ? Zulu: iloli

Translations

Verb

lorry (third-person singular simple present lorries, present participle lorrying, simple past and past participle lorried)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

Derived terms

• lorried (adjective)
• lorrying (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

• truck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From truck +? load.

Pronunciation

Noun

truckload (plural truckloads)

1. The contents of a full truck or lorry.
2. (slang) A large number.

   We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates.

Synonyms

• (a full truck): truckful
• (a large number): busload