Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A van designed primarily for carrying passengers, typically having rear seats that can be removed for loading cargo.
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- noun A small
van .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car
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Examples
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But for more palatable marketing purposes to the YPG class, a group for which the term "minivan" has largely fallen into disfavor, I prefer the term "city wagon."
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Oh, and by the way, the minivan is about ten miles overdue for an oil change.
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Hmmmm. Perhaps driving a minivan is a lot like riding a moped.
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Hmmmm. Perhaps driving a minivan is a lot like riding a moped.
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Oh, and by the way, the minivan is about ten miles overdue for an oil change.
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Meanwhile, Honda has also identified what it calls minivan rejectors'' and
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But I also wanted it known that this was a comical mystery, and since I think "minivan" is a funny word -- otherwise the proper title would be For Whom the SUV Rolls, which is a lot less mellifluous -- that was accomplished, too.
Titled Gentry 2006
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I think we all know what the stigma here is: To be seen driving a minivan is to admit to a kind of shameful domesticity, an existence of postsexual nullity and a state of parental slavery, ever orbiting from school, to grocery store, to ballet lessons, to games, like some suburban Flying Dutchman.
A Van Parents Will Love Dan Neil 2010
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I pondered going to retrieve our minivan from the driveway but didn't have a safe place to leave Charlie in my absence.
Dogs get old too John Kelly 2010
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I pondered going to retrieve our minivan from the driveway but didn't have a safe place to leave Charlie in my absence.
Dogs get old too John Kelly 2010
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