lorry🔊

(Britain, India, Ireland, Kenya) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck. +

(road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) A truck with an open carriage.

(dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

(dated) A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.

(obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways. +

(also figuratively) To transport by, or as if by, lorry.