noun · informal
truck
/trʌk/TRUCK
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a large road vehicle for transporting goods
Examples
“The furniture was loaded onto a truck for delivery.”
“A heavy truck blocked the highway this morning.”
“Local businesses rely on trucks to move stock.”
Band 8 sentence
“Most of the town's supply chain depends on trucks, so any disruption on the main road quickly affects shops.”
Collocations
- deliver by truck
- heavy truck
Word family
truck nountrucker nountrucking noun
Common mistakes
I will take a truck to the city.→I will go to the city by truck.
Two trucks is parked outside.→Two trucks are parked outside.
Say it for a higher band
5big vehicle→6lorry→7+truck
Synonyms
lorry
Easily confused
lorry
“A lorry arrived early this morning to unload the goods.”
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