decotora

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noun

A genre of Japanese big trucks, which are customized by their owner-operators into graphic and sculptural displays which also carry loads.

OriginJapanese dekotora ← English decorated + truck →
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Meanings

noundecotora (plural decotoras)

plural decotoras · alternative dekotora

  1. A genre of Japanese big trucks, which are customized by their owner-operators into graphic and sculptural displays which also carry loads.

Origin

  1. Englishdecorated + truck
  2. Japanesedekotora
  3. Englishdecotora

From Japanese dekotora (dekotora), from デコトラ, from デコ+トラ, from デコレーション (“dekorēshon (dekorēshon)”) + トラッ (“torakku (torakku)”), from English decorated + truck.

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APA

decotora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decotora

MLA

“decotora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decotora. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decotora,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decotora.

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