Meaning of van | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. A Van cat.
3. ISO 639-3 language code for Valman
4. Abbreviation of value-added network.
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
6. Clipping of vanguard.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
7. A shovel used in cleansing ore.
8. A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
9. A place in the United States:
10. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
11. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
12. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
13. A Turkish Van cat.
14. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus
15. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
    British
16. A wing with which the air is beaten.
17. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
18. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
19. A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
20. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van
21. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
    dated
22. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
23. A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.
24. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods
25. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
26. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas.
27. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved
28. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
29. A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
30. A place in Wales:
31. A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686).
32. A hamlet in Llanidloes Without community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9587).

Equivalents

Examples

“While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. […] Organizations that provide safe parking locations have limited capacity and are often unable to accommodate the kind of non-operational vans that are being repurposed as makeshift housing.”

“Carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen by 63% since 1990, new analysis shows, as cars are getting cleaner. While more people are opting to drive electric or plug-in hybrid cars, van drivers still prefer diesel because electric vans are much more expensive with little choice of models.”

“Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment includes an air-conditioned van containing all necessary electronic gear and a flat bed trailer in which missiles, jet engines and other large assemblies may be cleaned.”

“Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, / Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare / Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve”

“Then a bumper to the Queen led the van of our good wishes, another to the Church Established, a third was left to the whim of the toaster[…]”

“As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear.”

“We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.”

“Bhīṣma then outlined the following strategy: “… Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.””

“with strange amaze / A shepherd meeting thee, the oar surveys, / And names a van (Book XI)”

“So Satan fell; and ſtrait a fiery Globe / Of Angels on full ſail of wing flew nigh, / Who on their plumy Vans receiv'd him ſoft […]”

“He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain; / His vans no longer could his flight sustain.”

“Because these wings are no longer wings to fly / But merely vans to beat the air[…]”

“'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.”

CEFR level