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truck vs lorry

Both 'truck' and 'lorry' are correct terms used to refer to a large vehicle used for transporting goods. The choice between 'truck' and 'lorry' depends on the regional variation in English. 'Truck' is more commonly used in American English, while 'lorry' is more common in British English.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 813 views

truck

The term 'truck' is a correct and commonly used word in American English to refer to a large vehicle used for transporting goods.

Use 'truck' when referring to a large vehicle used for transporting goods, especially in American English.

Examples:

The delivery truck arrived at the warehouse.
He drives a pickup truck for work.

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Tanker truck smashed into a store.
I chased a garbage truck five blocks.
Better get your truck, then.
Veronica's company hired a truck.
Missed the ice-cream truck out there.
Garbage truck routes run along Fifth Avenue.
Food service truck makes night deliveries.
You called about your missing truck.
Your backpack hit a truck carrying illegal goods.
Inside this truck is a chemical waste by-product.
The bread truck is our only hope.
An Oscorp truck carrying plutonium has been hijacked.
It was good running that truck again.
That truck was obviously not in my research.
S.I.D. just finished searching his truck.
37-year-old male rear-ended a lumber truck.
Hannah went away on a truck.
He stopped breathing before the truck sank.
I always wanted a brand-new truck.
I clocked an armored truck today.

Alternatives:

pickup truck
dump truck
semi-truck
delivery truck
food truck

lorry

The term 'lorry' is a correct and commonly used word in British English to refer to a large vehicle used for transporting goods.

Use 'lorry' when referring to a large vehicle used for transporting goods, especially in British English.

Examples:

The lorry was loaded with supplies for the construction site.
The driver parked the lorry in the loading bay.

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He walked out in front of a lorry.
Preferably a lorry, and no.
By a bus or lorry, apparently.
I've got a big provisions lorry.
We're going to need a very big lorry.
There you are, parked on a lorry.
She walked straight into a lorry.
Someone said she ran in front of that lorry.
I'm not surprised in your lorry.
I think you've actually caught your own lorry.
And you've knackered my lorry.
This lorry is now scampering up these hills.
The sports lorry is clear, it's through.
But before they leave Rotterdam, every other lorry visits another factory in Dordrecht.
Our family tree looks like it was hit by a lorry.
He walked out in front of a lorry.
They were pushed against a lorry and off the side.
Something's bound to have fallen off the back of a lorry.
We might still need that lorry.
This is an annoying time to be stuck behind a lorry.

Alternatives:

articulated lorry
flatbed lorry
box lorry
refrigerated lorry
tipper lorry

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