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- Dictionarycaravan/ˈkarəvan/
noun
- 1. a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays: British "they spent a fishing holiday in a caravan" Similar
- 2. a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa. historical
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CARAVAN definition: 1. a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds and…. Learn more.
noun. car· a· van ˈker-ə-ˌvan. ˈka-rə- Synonyms of caravan. 1. a. : a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions. also : a train of pack animals. b. : a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file) 2. a. : a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters. b. British : trailer sense 1b. caravan.
Caravan definition: a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.. See examples of CARAVAN used in a sentence.
a group of people with vehicles or animals who travel together for safety through a dangerous area, especially across a desert on camels. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of caravan from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
A caravan is either a covered vehicle, like a wagon or a van, or a procession of vehicles. If you watch a parade with a long line of floats traveling one after another down the street, that's a caravan of floats.
1. A company of travelers journeying together, as across a desert or through hostile territory. 2. A single file of vehicles or pack animals. 3. A large covered vehicle; a van. 4. Chiefly British A trailer or dwelling place on wheels. [French caravane or Italian carovana, both from Persian kārvān.]
A caravan is a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.
Caravan definition: A company of travelers journeying together, as across a desert or through hostile territory.
Definitions of 'caravan' 1. A caravan is a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together. [...] 2. A caravan is the same as a trailer. [British] [...] More. Image. © Philip Lange, Shutterstock. Conjugations of 'caravan' present simple: I caravan, you caravan [...] past simple: I caravanned, you caravanned [...]
a vehicle that people can live in on holiday and which is pulled by a car: a caravan site. caravan noun [C] (GROUP) a group of people with animals or vehicles who travel together across a desert. (Definition of caravan from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of caravan. in Chinese (Traditional)
