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CARAVAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A camper equipped with living quarters

Synonyms:

caravan; van

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("caravan" is a kind of...):

camper; camping bus; motor home (a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

Example:

they joined the wagon train for safety

Synonyms:

caravan; train; wagon train

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("caravan" is a kind of...):

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

Meronyms (members of "caravan"):

Conestoga; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; prairie schooner; prairie wagon (a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century)

Derivation:

caravan (travel in a caravan)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel in a caravan

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "caravan" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

caravan (a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file)

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