panel truck

noun

1. a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.

panel truck

noun

1. a small van used esp for delivery rounds British equivalentdelivery van

Word History and Origins

Origin of panel truck¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

There were no rumbling fire engines in the street, only a small panel truck, cruising slowly along.

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It's a panel truck, loaded with equipment, and they pull the radar antenna behind it on a trailer.

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Clarence had a panel truck and there was a mattress in the back to sleep on.

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Tom and Bud left the others to bring Exman in a small panel truck.

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They managed to get the stretcher down the back steps, and right into the black panel truck.

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