lorry — lorry … Dictionnaire des rimes
lorry — [ lɔri ] n. m. • 1868; mot angl.; o. i. ♦ Ch. de fer Wagonnet plat employé dans les travaux de construction de voies ferrées. Des lorrys ou des lorries. ⊗ HOM. Lori, loris. ● lorry, lorries ou lorrys nom masculin (anglais lorry) Petit chariot… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lorry — lor‧ry [ˈlɒri ǁ ˈlɔːri, ˈlɑːri] noun lorries PLURALFORM [countable] TRANSPORT a large motor vehicle for carrying heavy goods; = TRUCK: • a strike by lorry drivers • We now have a fleet of 65 … Financial and business terms
Lorry — ist: das englische Wort für einen Lastkraftwagen Lorry Rail S.A., eine luxemburgische Transportgesellschaft Lorry lès Metz, eine Gemeinde im französischen Département Moselle Lorry Mardigny, eine Gemeinde im französischen Département Moselle … Deutsch Wikipedia
lorry — ► NOUN (pl. lorries) Brit. ▪ a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops. ● fall off of the back a lorry Cf. ↑fall off of the back a lorry ORIGIN perhaps from the given name Laurie … English terms dictionary
lorry — [lôr′ē] n. pl. lorries [prob. < dial. lurry, lorry, to tug, pull] 1. a low, flat wagon without sides 2. any of various trucks fitted to run on rails 3. Brit. a motor truck … English World dictionary
lorry — a truck; a long, flat wagon, 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry to pull, tug (1570s), of uncertain origin. Meaning large motor vehicle for carrying goods is first attested 1911 … Etymology dictionary
lorry — n. (BE) 1) to drive, operate a lorry (CE has truck) 2) an articulated lorry (AE has trailer truck) 3) a breakdown lorry (AE has tow truck) 4) a tipper lorry (AE has dump truck) * * * [ lɒrɪ] operate a lorry (CE has truck) (BE) to drive a tipper… … Combinatory dictionary
lorry — [[t]lɒ̱ri, AM lɔ͟ːri[/t]] lorries 1) N COUNT A lorry is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. [BRIT] ...a seven ton lorry. (in AM, use truck) 2) PHRASE: PHR after v If someone says that something has fallen off the back of a… … English dictionary
lorry */*/ — UK [ˈlɒrɪ] / US [ˈlɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms lorry : singular lorry plural lorries British a truck I, 1) • off the back of a lorry … English dictionary
