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Meanings of camion in English

Portuguese
camiões
Catalan
camió
Spanish
camión

A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides.

camiões
Catalan
carretó

A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage.

carretó
Synonyms
Examples for "lorry"
Examples for "lorry"
1
Some reports say the bomb was in a lorry or water tanker.
Radio NZ
2
He said refugees and striking workers had tried to attack his lorry.
The Guardian
3
Who is responsible for the contents of a lorry crossing international borders?
The Irish Times
4
Only one lorry-man was concerned in the transport of the doubtful consignments.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
5
A computer image of the view from inside a traditional construction lorry.
The Guardian
Usage of camion in English
1
In the war of 1870 he drove a team instead of a camion.
"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919
2
Then I thought I'd never get the second camion cranked.
One Man's Initiation—1917
3
From the TIR carnet and the registration, Rhys could tell it was a French camion.
Pack animals
4
With a roar of heavy wheels and a grind of gears a camion went by.
One Man's Initiation—1917
5
I rode to Gorizia from Udine on a camion.
A Farewell to Arms
6
Roaring with heavy wheels, grinding with gears, throbbing with motors, camion after camion went by, slowly, stridently.
One Man's Initiation—1917
7
It was raining outside and now and then a dripping camion passed along the road, slithering through the mud.
One Man's Initiation—1917
8
A camion'd gone off the road and another had run into it, and everything was littered with boxes of shells spilt about.
One Man's Initiation—1917
9
But I was in luck 'cause a Frenchman had just started his camion an' I jumped in and said the gendarmes were after me.
Three Soldiers
10
And keep me informed whether railroad trains, camions, or cavalry come out.
In Secret
11
We passed other camions on the road and I looked at the country.
A Farewell to Arms
12
The German guns caught a train of ammunition camions and smashed things up pretty badly.
Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
13
The loaded camions began to move just after dark.
On the Edge of the War Zone / From the Battle of the Marne to th...
14
Janet and Alice went back and forth in one of the supply camions of the Y.M.C.A.
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
15
The courtyard was full of ambulances, and a long line of camions waited outside the gate.
One of Ours
16
After lunch we stood for some time watching the unending stream of camions proceeding into Verdun.
The White Road to Verdun
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Translations for camion
Spanish
camión
Camion through the time