MOTORTRUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motortruck mean? 

• MOTORTRUCK (noun)
  The noun MOTORTRUCK has 1 sense:

1. an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

  Familiarity information: MOTORTRUCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTORTRUCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

motortruck; truck

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)