milk float

milk float
noun
a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
• Hypernyms: ↑van

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Brit.
a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
[1885-90]

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milk float noun
A small, open-sided vehicle used to deliver milk on a milk round
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Main Entry: ↑milk

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milk float UK US noun [countable] [singular milk float plural milk floats] british
a small truck used for delivering milk to people’s homes
Thesaurus: road vehicles other than carshyponym

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milk float,
British. a light wagon or cart, usually pulled by a horse or run by an electric motor, used to carry and deliver milk.

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noun, pl ⋯ floats [count]
Brit : a small electric vehicle used to deliver milk to people's homes

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ˈmilk float [milk float milk floats] noun (BrE)
a small electric vehicle used for delivering milk to people's houses

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