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   truck

   /trʌk/

   noun

   • 1. a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.
   • ▪ a railway vehicle for carrying freight, especially a small open one. British
   • ▪ a low flat-topped trolley used for moving heavy items.
   • 2. a railway bogie.
   • ▪ each of two axle units on a skateboard, to which the wheels are attached.
   • 3. a wooden disc at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with holes for halyards to slide through.

   verb

   • 1. convey by truck: North American "the food was trucked to St Petersburg"
   • ▪ drive a truck: North American "private contractors were trucking for Denali"
   • ▪ go or proceed in a casual or leisurely way: North American "my mate walked confidently behind them and trucked on through!"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle1 in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. truckage noun

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   What is a truck used for?

   • Trucks are often used for hauling or transporting things. What we call a truck in the U.S. is generally called a lorry in the U.K. Trucks vary in size from small pickups that aren't much larger than cars to 18-wheel semi-trailer trucks. These big trucks are built to transport heavy goods and are mostly powered by diesel fuel.

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   What is a truck called in the US?

   • What we call a truck in the U.S. is generally called a lorry in the U.K. Trucks vary in size from small pickups that aren't much larger than cars to 18-wheel semi-trailer trucks. These big trucks are built to transport heavy goods and are mostly powered by diesel fuel. Truck is also a verb, meaning "convey by truck" or "proceed leisurely."

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   What are the main products of the truck industry?

   • The industry’s principal products are passenger automobiles and light trucks, including pickups, vans, and sport utility vehicles. Commercial vehicles (i.e., delivery trucks and large transport trucks, often called semis), though important to the industry, are secondary.

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   What is a train car called?

   • Such units, especially those consisting of a single vehicle, are sometimes termed railcars. A system in which train dispatchers communicate directly with train crews via radio to authorize track occupancy in predefined blocks. [ 70 ] A practice originally used to move large trains through the mountains.

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   What is an off-highway truck?

   • Off-highway trucks are huge trucks designed to work in unfinished environments in mining and dirt-hauling jobs. Due to its heavy use in the mining environment, the term “dump” is not used to define these trucks. They are commonly known as haul trucks as they are strictly off-road machines.

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   What does train mean?

   • See Trainee. The action verb for the train's movement. The train runs across the track. A container on locomotives and self-propelled multiple units, or trams, that run on tramways and adhesion railways. The container holds sand, which a crew can drop onto the rail to improve rail adhesion under wet, steep, or slippery rail conditions.

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   1 day ago · A truck is a motorized vehicle on wheels—it's like a car, but bigger. Trucks are often used for hauling or transporting things. What we call a truck in the U.S. is generally called a lorry in the U.K. Trucks vary in size from small pickups that aren't much larger than cars to 18-wheel semi-trailer trucks.

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   3 days ago · Trucks and vans are used to transport goods directly from the manufacturer or warehouse to the consumer. Road transport offers flexibility and convenience, allowing for door-to-door delivery. Rail Transport: Railways are ideal for transporting large quantities of goods over long distances. They are more fuel-efficient than road transport and ...

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   3 days ago · Automotive industry, all those companies and activities involved in the manufacture of motor vehicles, including most components, such as engines and bodies, but excluding tires, batteries, and fuel. The industry’s principal products are passenger automobiles and light trucks.

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   4 days ago · Heavy equipment types encompass a wide array of machinery, including excavators, bulldozers, backhoes, cranes, loaders, graders, dump trucks, and many more. Each serves specific functions, contributing to various phases of construction and industrial projects.

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   2 days ago · Definitions of truck bed. noun. the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer. see more.

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   1 day ago · A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people over cargo. [1][2] There are around one billion cars in use worldwide.

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    1 day ago · A Bogie, or truck (American), shared between two pieces of rolling stock. Cars joined with Jacobs bogies are semi-permanently joined in an articulated configuration. A weight-saving feature used on lightweight passenger trains.