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caravan

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noun/ˈkæɹəvæn//ˈkɛɹəvæn//ˈkaɾəvan/
  1. 1

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

    • To the left the caravan animals, securely picketed, at regular distances of some fifteen yards apart, occupied an area of several acres.
    • Camel caravans, and courageous teamsters opened regular carrying businesses between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, while coaches began to run over the desert.
  2. 2

    A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.AustraliaNew-ZealandSouth-Africa

    • The caravans were the demarcation between the non-radioactive areas and the radioactive areas. There were two main caravans, one for people going into the forward area, and the other caravan was for people returning.
  3. 3

    A group of camels, especially when used as beasts of burden carrying people and merchandise.collective

    • Twice, however, we encountered a caravan of camels-about seventy strong in one instance, and about thirty in the other.
    • It was just about noon, and the mirage in the middle of the day quickly swallows up even a caravan of camels on the horizon, or they get hidden in a dip of the plain, and ours were now out of sight.
verb/ˈkæɹəvæn//ˈkɛɹəvæn//ˈkaɾəvan/
  1. 1

    To travel in a caravan (procession).

    • The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
  2. 2

    To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).AustraliaUK

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

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