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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•a•van /ˈkærəˌvæn/USA pronunciation n., v., -vaned or -vanned, -van•ing or -van•ning. n. [countable] - a group of travelers journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, etc.
- a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, etc.;
van. - British TermsChiefly Brit. house trailer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•a•van (kar′ə van′),USA pronunciation n., v., -vaned or -vanned, -van•ing or -van•ning. n. - a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles:a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.
- a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.;
van. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a house on wheels;
trailer.
v.t. - to carry in or as if in a caravan:Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
v.i. - to travel in or as if in a caravan:They caravaned through Egypt.
- Persian kārwān
- Italian carovana
- earlier carovan 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parade, procession, train, cavalcade, band.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: caravan /ˈkærəˌvæn/ n - a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in
US and Canadian name: trailer - (as modifier): a caravan site
- (esp in some parts of Asia and Africa) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together, often with a train of camels, through the desert
- a large covered vehicle, esp a gaily coloured one used by Romany Gypsies, circuses, etc
vb ( -vans, -vanning, -vanned)- (intransitive) Brit to travel or have a holiday in a caravan
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian caravana, from Persian kārwānˈcaraˌvanning n |