box van

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LNER 10 ton box van at Portsmouth Dockyard

Noun

box van (plural box vans)

  1. A truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area.
    Synonyms: (chiefly in the US) box truck, (chiefly in Canada) cube van, cube truck
    Hypernym: straight job
    Hyponym: (UK) Luton van
    Coordinate terms: stakebody, flatbed, tractor-trailer
  2. (rail transport, UK, Australia) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
    Synonyms: (formal) covered goods wagon, box wagon, (sense 2) goods van, (American English) van, boxcar

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