truck // noun, verb

■ noun [C]

FORKLIFT TRUCK, PANEL TRUCK, PICKUP TRUCK

1

a large motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road:

a ten-ton truck

SYN LORRY (BrE)

a commercial/delivery/heavy-duty/light/medium-duty/refrigerated truck

2 (BrE)

an open railway vehicle for carrying goods or animals

3

a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods, animals, etc.

4

a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand

■ verb [+ obj]

to take sth somewhere by truck:

The goods are shipped to Oslo and from there trucked to Karasjok.

trucking noun [U]:

trucking companies

• cost control
• cost-cutting
• cost-effective
• cost-efficiency
• cost-efficient
• cost inflation
• costing
• cost, insurance and freight
• cost leader
• cost of goods sold
• cost of living
• cost-of-living adjustment
• cost-of-living allowance
• cost-of-living index
• cost of sales
• cost overrun
• cost per click
• re
• reach
• react
• reactive
• reactive marketing
• readership
• read-out
• re-advertise