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Meaning of "ice-cream van" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ICE-CREAM VAN

ice-cream van  [ˌaɪsˈkriːm væn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICE-CREAM VAN

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Ice-Cream van is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ICE-CREAM VAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ice-cream van

Ice cream van

An ice cream van or ice cream truck is a commercial vehicle which serves as a travelling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate. Ice cream vans often travel near where children play — outside schools, in residential areas, or in other locations. They usually stop briefly before moving on to the next street. Hollywood Cone Soft Ice Cream Truck in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ice cream vans are often brightly decorated and carry images of ice cream, or some other adornment, such as cartoon characters. They may have painted-on notices, which can serve a commercial purpose or a more serious one - serving as a warning to passing motorists that children may run out into the road at the sight of the van, or appear without warning from behind it. Along the sides, a large sliding window acts as a serving hatch, and this is often covered with small pictures of the available products, with their associated prices.

Definition of ice-cream van in the English dictionary

The definition of ice-cream van in the dictionary is a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ICE-CREAM VAN


Aberfan
ˌæbəˈvæn
caravan
ˈkærəˌvæn
divan
dɪˈvæn
minivan
ˈmɪnɪˌvæn
Torfaen
ˈtɔːˌvæn
van
væn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICE-CREAM VAN

ice water
ice yacht
ice-age
ice-cold
ice-cool
ice-cream cone
ice-cream cornet
ice-cream maker
ice-cream parlour
ice-cream soda
ice-making compartment
ice-shelf
ice-skate
ice-skater
ice-skating
ice-station
Ice.
iceball
iceberg
iceberg lettuce

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICE-CREAM VAN

brake van
breakdown van
camper van
camping van
cube van
delivery van
detector van
furniture van
guard´s van
laundry van
loudspeaker van
luggage van
mail van
panel van
prison van
radio van
recording van
removal van
security van
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Synonyms and antonyms of ice-cream van in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ice-cream van» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICE-CREAM VAN

Find out the translation of ice-cream van to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ice-cream van from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ice-cream van» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雪糕车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

helados van
570 millions of speakers

English

ice-cream van
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आइसक्रीम वैन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الايس كريم فان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мороженое ван
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gelados van
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইসক্রীম ভ্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crème glacée van
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Van ais krim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eiswagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アイスクリームバン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아이스크림 밴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Van-krim van
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kem van
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐஸ் கிரீம் வான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आइसक्रीम व्हॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dondurma kamyoneti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ice- cream van
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lody van
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морозиво ван
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înghețată van
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγωτό van
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roomys van
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glass van
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

iskrem van
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ice-cream van

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE-CREAM VAN»

The term «ice-cream van» is normally little used and occupies the 118.550 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE-CREAM VAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ice-cream van» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ice-cream van» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ice-cream van

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QUOTES WITH «ICE-CREAM VAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ice-cream van.
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Erin O'Connor
As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICE-CREAM VAN»

Discover the use of ice-cream van in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ice-cream van and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ice-cream Machine
Wayne and Wendy’s parents are always coming up with crazy business schemes.
Julie Bertagna, 2004
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Ice Cream Van
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Gill Munton, 1999
3
Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory
Belief question: Where does Mary think John has gone to buy an ice cream? Justification question: Why does Mary think that? Reality question: Where did John really go to buy his ice cream? Memory question: Where was the ice cream van in ...
Francesca Happe, 2005
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Developing Theories of Mind
The three cases will all be phrased as variants of the by now familiar situation of Mary and the ice-cream van. These cases, however, differ in terms of how difficult it is to find a match for Mary's goal specification. I will try to demonstrate that a ...
Janet W. Astington, Paul L. Harris, David R. Olson, 1990
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Skills in English: 3G
I wanted to get a look inside that ice-cream van to find out what was going on. 75 I knew where Peppi kept his van at night - he left it in a small lane behind his house. I waited until about eleven o'clock at night. Then I crept out of the house and ...
Lindsay McNab, Imelda Pilgrim, Marian Slee, 2002
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Lexical Pragmatics and Theory of Mind: The Acquisition of ...
In the first episode, the two characters hear that the ice-cream van will stay all afternoon in the park. In a second episode, only John is informed of an unexpected program change: the van will move to the church and stay there all day. In a third ...
Sandrine Zufferey, 2010
7
The Science of Ice Cream
Soft ice cream, such as Mr Whippys or Mister Softees, which is made in a small ice cream freezer, for example in an ice cream van, and eaten immediately. Single-serve products, such as cones, ice creams or ice lollies on sticks and choc ices, ...
Chris Clarke, 2012
8
VW Bus: Forty Years of Splitties, Bays & Wedges
conversions on offer Service Garages (South Eastern) Ltd, of Colchester, included in its range of conversions the 'SERV-ICE', the ice-cream van with “ maximum storage and working space for the operator too”. Launched in 1962, the company ...
Richard Copping, 2006
9
Growing Up Is Optional: Rediscover the Joy of Play
Go. to. the. ice-cream. van. “Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.” -Jim Fiebig The next time you see the ice-cream van, go on treat yourself to a Mr Whippy with strawberry or ...
Gail Moore, 2014
10
Ice Cream
... (including one Albert Winstone) brought ice cream to the public. The heyday of the British ice cream van lasted well into the 1970s; at one point there were as many as 50,000 of them traversing Britain – a stark contrast to the mere 5,000 or  ...
Benjamin Vear, 2013

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICE-CREAM VAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ice-cream van is used in the context of the following news items.
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Andreya Triana: I used to sell ice-cream in a lay-by ...now I'm singing …
She said: “There was a point where I was doing an awful host of crap jobs — I was a sushi waitress, I worked in a lay-by in an ice-cream van, ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
Charity clash between Borough and Nuns | Nuneaton News
As well as the cricket on offer there will be BBQs and an ice-cream van on site, with families welcome to bring picnics. There will also be music ... «Nuneaton News, Jul 15»
3
Claire Kelsey: The ice cream crusader wowing the crowds at the …
... but amid the raucous chimes and chugging exhaust fumes, the most exotic purchase you could make from a traditional British ice-cream van ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Harry Potter's Ron dumps 'creepy' ice-cream van for classic Ferrari
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has dumped his ice-cream van in favour of a Ferrari after deciding it was "a bit creepy" to be driving around ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
Ice-cream van serves up ...healthy school dinners
WHEN an ice cream van turned up at a York school during yesterday's heatwave, the children might have thought they were set to be handed a ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»
6
Iconic Noosa ice cream van's new look, 21 years on
"Tourists love it and people come back to Noosa with their families for a holiday and the old ice-cream van has always become a part of the ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jun 15»
7
Ice cream truck driver molested teen girl, SC police say
The suspect is believed to have driven a white ice-cream van with blue lettering on removable stickers that said “$1 Ice Cream Truck,” the ... «WNCN, Jun 15»

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