caravan
caravan
Definition
cara·van (kar′ə van′)
noun
- a company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert
- a number of vehicles traveling together
- a large covered vehicle for passengers, circus animals, gypsies, etc.; van
- Brit. a mobile home or trailer
Etymology: Fr caravane < OFr carouan < Pers kārwān, caravan
caravan
Synonyms
caravan
n.
caravan
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tow: Half the year he tours the country towing the caravan behind his lorry.
- tour: Whether you're looking for a holiday home or a touring caravan, these pages should provide you with some guidance.
- equip: Plas Ganol Caravan is a three bedroomed static holiday caravan equipped for six.
Adjective modifier
- static: A static caravan was broken into at Twelve Mile Lodge.
- camel: In his youth Muhammad traveled widely with camel trading caravans.
- stolen: Phantom uses a Global Positioning Satellite System and 24 hour monitoring center to greatly improve the chances of recovering a stolen caravan.
- self-catering: The park offers superb self-catering caravans and luxury pine lodges available all year, and touring and camping facilities from March to October.
- luxurious: Choice of luxurious caravans or Honey Pine Lodge, just 800 yards from the beach.
Modifies a noun
- awning: OK so maybe we should have thought about caravan awnings at the start, but we hadn't.
- park: Over the years many caravan parks owners have decided to allow only adults stay on their sites.
- mover: The fitting of the Powrtouch caravan mover to the caravan does NOT require any welding or drilling of the chassis making fitting simple.
- holiday: Take the first steps to owning your own caravan holiday home by ordering a brochure today for the Park of your choice.
- pitch: They provide self catering holiday accommodation in static caravans and cottages as well as touring caravan pitches.
- dweller: The Gills reported rough caravan dwellers at sites near Alne.
Noun used with modifier
- berth: Each of our 4-6 berth caravans offers comfortable spotlessly clean accommodation.
- touring: On the site there's also a caravan park for up to five touring caravans, open all year round.
- Gypsy: Frank Skinner is putting the finishing touches to an old gypsy caravan in the Bull Inn's yard.
- gipsy: Once, about three years ago, I passed a real gipsy caravan on this track.
- horse-drawn: The romantic view of horse-drawn caravans has long since passed.
- bedroomed: The two bedroomed caravans have one bedroom with a double bed and another bedroom with two singles.
caravan Quotes
Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?
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