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Definition of lorry noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a lorry

lorry

noun

lorry pronunciation English

ˈlɒri

lorry pronunciation American

ˈlɔːri

lorry pronunciation American

ˈlɑːri

(British English)plural lorries (also truck North American English, British English)

a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road

a lorry driverEmergency food supplies were brought in by lorry.a lorry load of frozen fish

Idioms

see off the back of a lorry at back noun