Van Væn Police Carrying Driver Noun White Officers

• the driver of a white van
• a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners)
• a delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street.
• an ice-cream van

van

1. a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people
• SEE ALSO conversion van
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conversion-van
• the driver of a white van
• a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners)
• A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street.
• an ice-cream van
• a van driver
• A passenger in the van was fatally injured.
• He usually sleeps in the back of his van.

Extra Examples

• A TV news van was parked at the entrance.
• Each band had a tour van.
• A bomb had been planted in a parked van.
• On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof.
• The van's interior was fitted with shelves.
2. a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers
3. a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail
• SEE ALSO guard’s van
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/guard-s-van
• a luggage van
• The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards.
4. at the front or in the leading position
• These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers.

Word Origin

• noun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.