caravan

CEFRB2

/ˈkæɹəvæn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A vehicle used for living in while traveling.

  2. 02

    noun

    A group of people or vehicles traveling together.

Examples

  • A long caravan of camel was heading to the West.

  • Dogs bark when the caravan passes by.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkaɾəvan/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.

  2. A group of camels.

  3. A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

More examples

In context

  • The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.

  • When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.

  • 1984, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Information Retrieval Limited, Animal Behaviour Abstracts, Volume 12, page 73, Observations of caravaning were made on the domesticated musk shrew (Suncus murinus) with particular reference to its developme...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.