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caravan
[ kar-uh-van ]
noun
- a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles:
a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.
- a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
- Chiefly British. a house on wheels; trailer.
verb (used with object)
- to carry in or as if in a caravan:
Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
verb (used without object)
- to travel in or as if in a caravan:
They caravaned through Egypt.
caravan
/ ˈæəˌæ /
noun
- a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in US and Canadian nametrailer
- ( as modifier )
a caravan site
- (esp in some parts of Asia and Africa) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together, often with a train of camels, through the desert
- a group of wagons, pack mules, camels, etc, esp travelling in single file
- a large covered vehicle, esp a gaily coloured one used by Romany Gypsies, circuses, etc
verb
- intr to travel or have a holiday in a caravan
Derived Forms
- ˈˌԲԾԲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- a·i noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of caravan1
Word History and Origins
Origin of caravan1
Example Sentences
At least 60 caravans and vans are parked around Durdham Down, as a growing number of people can no longer afford Bristol's rental prices.
A caravan fire that killed a young girl and her father was accidental, an investigation has found.
Two people who died in a fire at a caravan park have been named by police.
A 48-year-old man and a girl, aged 10, have died following a fire at a caravan park in Lincolnshire.
They didn’t want to live alongside caravans of trucks bringing garbage in and toxic ash out.
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