Meaning of lorry in English

(Definition of lorry from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of lorry from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of lorry from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of lorry

lorry
All these systems required the construction of roads and the deployment of timber lorries.
I was shown two places where forest had been cleared, and the tyretracks of large lorries that led away from these sites.
At 1930 prices, bullock carts worked out much cheaper than motor lorries, both in terms of initial and recurring costs.
Which lorry did the thief crash the very heavy car into late last night?
Which lorry did the thief crash his car into late last night?
Transportation and distribution are carried out by ships, trains, lorries and barges.
Consider a lorry in the middle lane of a motorway moving to the inside lane as a car approaches from behind.
A tout whose duty is to help load passenger vehicles at lorry stations.
Some accounts describe merchants arriving with their own lorries to immediately reload the relief commodities.
The refuse was removed by sweepers as quickly as possible, using carts and lorries.
From the market (commercial) point of view, people want to come and collect in one lorry, its not enough.
To the driver of the car, the driver of the lorry is being cooperative.
Trains and lorries eventually took the cargoes away from the river but industries still line its banks.
In some cases, tanks and lorry parts were produced alternately on the same production line.
Other children sometimes identified this same sound as a lorry or a truck.
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Translations of lorry

in Chinese (Traditional)
卡車,貨車…
in Chinese (Simplified)
卡车,货车…
in Spanish
camión…
in Portuguese
caminhão…
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ट्रक…
トラック…
kamyon…
camion…
camió…
vrachtwagen…
ஒரு [X: டிரக் (சுமை தாங்கும் வாகனம்)]பெயர்ச்சொல் (வாகனம்)…
लॉरी, बड़ी ट्रक…
ભારખટારો…
lastbil…
lastbil…
lori…
der Lastwagen…
lastebil…
لاری, بڑا ٹرک…
вантажівка…
ఒక [X:ట్రక్]నామవాచకం (వాహనం)…
লরি…
nákladní auto, kamión…
truk…
รถบรรทุก…
xe tải…
ciężarówka…
트럭…
camion…
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