Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a van (vehicle).

Etymologies

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van +‎ -like

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Examples

  • “I looked it up in my There and Back Again, and the only vanlike thing they had was a cart that carries the god of traffic through the major intersections of the city at noon on Fridays to pray for no gridlock.”

    Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009

  • “I looked it up in my There and Back Again, and the only vanlike thing they had was a cart that carries the god of traffic through the major intersections of the city at noon on Fridays to pray for no gridlock.”

    Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009

  • Unlike other air-car models being designed for Europe and India, the United States will get a six-passenger, vanlike model called the CitiCAT.

    CitiCAT compressed-air car coming to U.S. 2009

  • Unlike other air-car models being designed for Europe and India, the United States will get a six-passenger, vanlike model called the CitiCAT.

    CitiCAT compressed-air car coming to U.S. 2009

  • “I looked it up in my There and Back Again, and the only vanlike thing they had was a cart that carries the god of traffic through the major intersections of the city at noon on Fridays to pray for no gridlock.”

    Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009

  • “I looked it up in my There and Back Again, and the only vanlike thing they had was a cart that carries the god of traffic through the major intersections of the city at noon on Fridays to pray for no gridlock.”

    Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware M. T. Andreson 2009

  • Huge naked angels, sailing upon vanlike wings, breathe columns of red flame upon a crowd of wicked men and women.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Huge naked angels, sailing upon vanlike wings, breathe columns of red flame upon a crowd of wicked men and women.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Among French automakers, Citroën will display the Tubik design for a vanlike creation, Renault has the Frendzy futuristic family mover and Peugeot will have its HX1 concept.

    NYT > Home Page By JERRY GARRETT 2011

  • Among French automakers, Citroën will display the Tubik design for a vanlike creation, Renault has the Frendzy futuristic family mover and Peugeot will have its HX1 concept.

    NYT > Global Home By JERRY GARRETT 2011

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