food truck

noun

A van (or wagon) that serves as a restaurant kitchen to sell hot food to customers.

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Meanings

nounfood truck (plural food trucks)

plural food trucks · alternative food-truck · alternative foodtruck

  1. A van (or wagon) that serves as a restaurant kitchen to sell hot food to customers.

    Synonyms: cafeteria truck, cafeteria wagon, canteen truck, canteen wagon, cantina truck, cantina wagon, cantine truck, cantine wagon

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see food, truck.
    1. A food delivery truck.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA van (or wagon) that serves as a restaurant kitchen to sell hot food to customers.

Similar
cafeteria truckcafeteria wagoncanteen truckcanteen wagoncantina truckcantina wagoncantine truckcantine wagonhot truck
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cafeteria truckcafeteria wagoncanteen truckcanteen wagoncantine truckcantine wagonhot truck

Translations

Arabic شَاحِنَةُ طَعَام
  • شَاحِنَةُ طَعَام (šāḥinatu ṭaʕām)a van that serves hot food to customers
Chinese Mandarin 美食車 /美食车, 移動餐車 /移动餐车
  • 美食車 /美食车a van that serves hot food to customers
  • 移動餐車 /移动餐车 (yídòng cānchē)a van that serves hot food to customers
Dutch foodtruck
  • foodtrucka van that serves hot food to customers
Finnish ruoka-auto, ruokarekka
  • ruoka-autoa van that serves hot food to customers
  • ruokarekkaa van that serves hot food to customers
  • ketterä kioskia van that serves hot food to customers
French foodtruck, camion-restaurant
  • foodtrucka van that serves hot food to customers
  • camion-restauranta van that serves hot food to customers
  • camion de cuisine de ruea van that serves hot food to customers
  • camion de nourriture de ruea van that serves hot food to customers
  • camion de restaurationa van that serves hot food to customers
German Imbisswagen
  • Imbisswagena van that serves hot food to customers
Italian food truck, gastrofurgone
  • food trucka van that serves hot food to customers
  • gastrofurgonea van that serves hot food to customers
Japanese フードトラック, キッチンカー
  • フードトラック (fūdo torakku)a van that serves hot food to customers
  • キッチンカー (kitchin kā)a van that serves hot food to customers
Korean 푸드트럭
  • 푸드트럭 (pudeuteureok)a van that serves hot food to customers
Malay kendera saji
  • kendera sajia van that serves hot food to customers
Polish barobus, barowóz
  • barobusa van that serves hot food to customers
  • barowóza van that serves hot food to customers
Portuguese food truck
  • food trucka van that serves hot food to customers
Russian фудтра́к
  • фудтра́к (fudtrák)a van that serves hot food to customers
Spanish gastroneta
  • gastronetaa van that serves hot food to customers
Swedish matbil
  • matbila van that serves hot food to customers
Ukrainian фудтра́к
  • фудтра́к (fudtrák)a van that serves hot food to customers
Cite this entry
APA

food truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20truck

MLA

“food truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20truck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “food truck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20truck.

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