Caravan

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  • noun. A company of travelers journeying together, as across a desert or through hostile territory.
  • noun. A single file of vehicles or pack animals.
  • noun. A large covered vehicle; a van.
  • noun. A trailer or dwelling place on wheels.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, in many parts of Asia and Africa, who associate together that they may travel with greater security, especially through deserts or regions infested by robbers.
  • noun. Figuratively, any large number of persons traveling together, especially when moving slowly or with much baggage; poetically, any large number of persons, or even animals, considered as traveling together to a common destination.
  • noun. A large covered carriage used for conveying passengers, or a company of people traveling together, or a traveling exhibition or show; hence, any large covered wagon or cart for travel or transport: often abbreviated to van.
  • noun. A number of vessels or barks in company, or an expedition with such vessels.
  • noun. A hood with hoops or springs of whalebone and an adjustable veil for the face.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
  • noun. A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.
  • noun. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
  • noun. A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
  • verb. To travel in a caravan (procession).
  • verb. To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. travel in a caravan
  • noun. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
  • noun. a camper equipped with living quarters
    • Word Usage
    "Borrowing the term caravan as descriptive of the march, they established markets at all convenient places."
    cross-reference
    van  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    camper  camping bus  go  locomote  motor home  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barge  bus  cab  carriage  cavalry  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Conestoga wagon  camel train  camp trailer  camper  camper  
    variant
    van  
    verb-form
    caravanned  caravanning  caravans  
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