lorry

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lorry

/ˈlɒɹi/ UK
/ˈlʌɹi/ UK, obsolete
/ˈlɔɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈlɔɹi/ US
/ˈlɔɹe/ Scotland
/ˈlɔɹɪ/ Scotland
/ˈlɔɹi/ Scotland

Sounds like lory · Rhymes with -ɒɹi

Where it comes from

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare dialectal lurry-cart), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

noun lorries · larry · lorrie

Africa, India, Ireland, South Asia, UK A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck But whenever one of the motor-trucks lumbering by bore a big U.S. on its rear panel Troy pushed his light ambulance ahead and skimmed past, just for the joy of seeing the fresh young heads rising pyramid-wise about the sides of the lorry, hearing the snatches of familiar songs—"Hail, hail, the gang'
Similar: truck
Malaysia, Singapore A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
dated A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
dated A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. The mixing 48-in. belts lie flat and run from the bottom of the mixer bins to two coal mixers which deliver the coal to a reversing 42-in. belt conveyor, taking it to either one of two 36-in. belts, running to the top of two larry bins. Each larry bin is located between two batteries of ovens, [...]
obsolete A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways. In order that these very important mails might not be unnecessarily delayed, we procured an express engine, and having, as is customary in such cases, fastened those for Manchester and the North on a larry between the engine and the Post-office, they being too bulky to travel in the latter, we depar
Similar: dray

verb lorries · lorrying · lorried · larry · lorrie

also, figuratively, transitive To transport by, or as if by, lorry. He lorried away with a whole pile of things, and cheated the bailiffs.

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Closest in meaning: camion, van, hgv, flatbed, tractor-trailer, truckload, minivan, trucking, truck, bus, wagon, car, vehicle, coach, highway, road

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@misc{lorry_2026,
  title = {lorry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lorry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}