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# trolley

«trolley» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small cart with wheels for carrying things, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a trolley, trolleys)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trolley is a small cart with wheels for carrying things, like a shopping trolley in a supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#m1)

2) A trolley is a small table on wheels for serving food and drinks, like on a train or plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#m2)

3) In American English, a trolley is a tram that runs on rails in a street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you push a trolley in a supermarket or airport; in safety, children should not ride on or stand in shopping trolleys as they can tip over. Phrases: «shopping trolley», «luggage trolley», «tea trolley», «off your trolley» (UK slang for silly).

### examples

- Mum pushed the shopping trolley round the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x1)
- We put our suitcases on a luggage trolley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x2)
- The lady with the snack trolley came down the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x3)
- Don't stand in the trolley; it might tip over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x4)
- San Francisco has old trolleys on its streets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x5)
- Put the trolley back when you're done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x6)
- The nurse wheeled in a trolley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trolley/#x7)

### note

Countable; plural trolleys. Shopping trolley (UK, Australia) = shopping cart (US). Some trolleys need a coin to unlock them.

### In the corpora

- [A trolley, a cart or wheels can move heavy things without lifting them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/12/)
- [Rules thinking and consequences thinking often give different answers to the trolley problem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/10/)
- [Dragging a heavy box across a floor is hard, but the same box on a trolley rolls easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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