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Is lorry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lorry is a Scrabble US word. The word lorry is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is lorry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lorry is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is lorry a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lorry is a Words With Friends word. The word lorry is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

LORRY,

4-letter words (2 found)

LORY,RORY,

3-letter words (2 found)

LOR,LOY,

2-letter words (4 found)

LO,OR,OY,YO,

You can make 9 words from lorry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lorry

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Definitions and meaning of lorry

lorry

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹi/
  • Homophone: lory
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹi
  • Hyphenation: lor‧ry

Noun

lorry (plural lorries)

  1. (British, India, Ireland, Kenya) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
    Synonyms: rig, truck, (if used to pull a semitrailer) semi-trailer truck
  2. (road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) a truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
  3. (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
  4. (dated) A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
  5. (obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.
    Synonym: dray

Usage notes

In Singapore, "lorry" is usually used for smaller vehicles and "truck" is usually used for larger vehicles.

Alternative forms

  • larry (dated)
  • lorrie (dated)

Hypernyms

  • (motor vehicle for goods transport): vehicle

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lowry
  • lurry

Descendants

  • → Hausa: lori
  • → Iban: lori
  • → Malay: lori (“heavy truck”)

Descendants

Translations

Verb

lorry (third-person singular simple present lorries, present participle lorrying, simple past and past participle lorried)

  1. (transitive, also figuratively) To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

Derived terms

  • lorried (adjective)
  • lorrying (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • truck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

lorry m (plural lorrys or lorries)

  1. (rail transport) lorry

Further reading

  • “lorry”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org