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[ US /ˈkæɹəˌvæn, ˈkɛɹəˌvæn/ ]
[ UK /kˈæɹɐvˌæn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a camper equipped with living quarters
  2. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
    we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
    they joined the wagon train for safety
VERB
  1. travel in a caravan

How To Use caravan In A Sentence

  • Then there are the ruins of Dura-Europos, a Parthian caravan center founded in 300 B.C., halfway between Syria and Mesopotamia and known as the "Pompeii of the East.
  • I mustered the entire caravan outside the tembe, our flags and streamers were unfurled, the men had their loads resting on the walls, there was considerable shouting, and laughing, and negroidal fanfaronnade. How I Found Livingstone
  • When the tax credit was in place, a person could buy a house for $8,000 down (the bluebook value of a 2005 Dodge Caravan). Tom Silva: Why Should We Care About Housing?
  • They want to cover a loan used for home improvements and to buy a caravan. Times, Sunday Times
  • It would have hardstandings for six caravans for the travelling families, along with two toilet and shower blocks.
  • The only sign of life there today came from a mouldy old caravan, all steamy windows and grimed with neglect, where a radio was playing Sunday morning music of the popular kind.
  • He had led a caravan of three automobiles to buy food for the troops when he came upon a band of Villistas.
  • There is a lot of sense for eight or nine of the major heads of state getting together privately to discuss issues in an informal way without this huge caravanserai of pressmen and aides and assistants.
  • It was a large empty caravan plot that was used for contests. Times, Sunday Times
  • My nan and grandad stayed in the caravan next door. Times, Sunday Times
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