[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lorry.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / lorry

[← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/L/)

# lorry

«lorry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big vehicle for carrying goods on roads; in America and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lorry, lorries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lorry is a big vehicle for carrying goods on roads; in America and Canada it is called a truck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#m1)

2) A lorry load is the amount one lorry carries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it is a vehicle that carries a load (tons, boxes) or travels a distance at a speed; load per lorry is a group size, and the number of lorries needed rounds up. In everyday life lorries bring food to shops and take rubbish away. In safety: lorry drivers cannot see right next to their vehicle, so never walk or cycle close beside one.

### examples

- A lorry carries 8 tons of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x1)
- Each lorry holds 50 boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x2)
- How many lorries are needed for 300 boxes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x3)
- The lorry travels 60 km an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x4)
- A big lorry delivered bricks for the new house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x5)
- The rubbish lorry comes on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x6)
- Stay well back from a turning lorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x7)
- The lorry driver stopped for a rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x8)
- We counted red lorries on the motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/#x9)

### note

Plural: «lorries» (y changes to ies). «Lorry» is used in the UK and Ireland; «truck» in the USA, Canada, Australia and NZ. Maths: load per lorry is a group size; the number of lorries needed rounds up. Trap: a part-full lorry still counts as a lorry.

### In the corpora

- [Ollie's dad drives a lorry and thinks he can't help, but listening, asking «What happened?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/11/)
- ["Fell off the back of a lorry" is a British joke meaning the goods were stolen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/7/)
- [Batteries should be recycled at a battery bin, because in ordinary rubbish they can leak poison and start fires in bin lorries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/11/)
- [Lorry and truck drivers have big blind spots beside their cab, where they cannot see a cyclist at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/20/)
- [Never ride up the inside of a truck or lorry at a junction: the driver cannot see you and it may turn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lorry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.