1. A truck with an enclosed cargo space
   "They loaded the moving van with all their belongings"
    
2. The leading units moving at the head of an army
   "The van cleared the path for the main force";
   - vanguard
    
3. [Brit] A closed railway car that carries baggage or freight
   "The train's baggage van was fully loaded with passengers' luggage"
    
4. A camper equipped with living quarters
   "They spent their vacation travelling across the country in a comfortable van";
   - caravan

1. Transport or travel in a van
   "We vanned all our belongings to the new house"

Derived forms: vans, vanning, vanned

Type of: army unit, bogie [Asia], camper, camper van, camping bus, car, lorry [Brit], motorhome, motortruck [N. Amer], railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], truck

Encyclopedia: Van, TX