"hand truck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand trucks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand truck (plural hand trucks)
  1. (Canada, US) An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Transport Synonyms: bag barrow [New-Zealand], luggage barrow, sack barrow [UK], sack truck [UK], stack truck, trolley, hand trolley Related terms: baggage cart, dolly, wheelbarrow Translations (box-moving handcart): 手推車 (Chinese Mandarin), 手推车 (shǒutuīchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 老虎車 (Chinese Mandarin), 老虎车 (lǎohǔchē) (Chinese Mandarin), rudl [masculine] (Czech), sækkevogn [common-gender] (Danish), steekwagen [masculine] (Dutch), nokkakärry (Finnish), pakettikärry (Finnish), diable [masculine] (French), ურიკა (uriḳa) (Georgian), Sackkarre [feminine] (German), Sackrodel [Austria, feminine] (German), carrello [masculine] (Italian), 손수레 (sonsure) (Korean), باربر (bârbar) (Persian), młynarka [feminine] (Polish), wózek transportowy [masculine] (Polish), ручна́я теле́жка (ručnája teléžka) [feminine] (Russian), diablito [masculine] (Spanish), säckkärra [common-gender] (Swedish), magasinkärra [common-gender] (Swedish), paketkärra [common-gender] (Swedish), bagagekärra [common-gender] (Swedish), pirra [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hand_truck-en-noun-qaTZxDwe Disambiguation of Transport: 78 22 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'box-moving handcart': 93 7
  2. Synonym of pallet jack Synonyms: pallet jack [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-hand_truck-en-noun-l2JC4UXE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "box-moving handcart",
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