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MOTORTRUCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
Synonyms:
motortruck; truck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("motortruck" is a kind of...):
automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)
Meronyms (parts of "motortruck"):
bumper (a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage)
roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)
anti-sway bar; stabilizer bar (a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis)
tailboard; tailgate (a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motortruck"):
dump truck; dumper; tip truck; tipper; tipper lorry; tipper truck (truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity)
fire engine; fire truck (any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire)
dustcart; garbage truck (a truck for collecting domestic refuse)
camion; lorry (a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides)
pickup; pickup truck (a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard)
sound truck (a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising)
tow car; tow truck; wrecker (a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones))
tractor (a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans)
articulated lorry; rig; semi; tractor trailer; trailer truck; trucking rig (a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together)
car transporter; transporter (a long truck for carrying motor vehicles)
van (a truck with an enclosed cargo space)
