Moving truck is the standard American English term for what the British call a removal van — a large truck hired to transport household goods and furniture during a house move. The US term emphasises the act of moving; the British term emphasises the removal of possessions from one place to another. Both describe the same vehicle and service. As a dictionary entry it is primarily useful as an American-British vocabulary cross-reference for international readers.
The moving truck arrived two hours late, which compressed the entire day's schedule into a frantic afternoon.
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(US) a removal van.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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