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van
van is a 3-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 14 senses
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- 1noun
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.
- 2noun
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
- 3transitive verb
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
- 4noun
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods.
- 5noun
A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
- 6noun
A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
- 7noun
A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
- 8noun
A wing with which the air is beaten.
- 9transitive verb
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.
- 10noun
a truck with an enclosed cargo space
- 11noun
a camper equipped with living quarters
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- 12noun
(Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
- 13noun
the leading units moving at the head of an army
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- 14noun
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
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