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PICKUP TRUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pickup truck mean?
• PICKUP TRUCK (noun)
The noun PICKUP TRUCK has 1 sense:
1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
Familiarity information: PICKUP TRUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pickup; pickup truck
Hypernyms ("pickup truck" is a kind of...):
motortruck; truck (an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pickup truck"):
technical (a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it)
Context examples
The SJSU researchers mounted Doppler LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging, a remote-sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances) instruments onto a pickup truck, which they placed near wildfires.
(Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather, National Science Foundation)
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