"milk float" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milk floats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk float (plural milk floats)
  1. An electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom. Synonyms: dairy van, float [short-form] Derived forms: electric milk float, horse-drawn milk float Translations (milk float): Milchauto [neuter] (German), Milchwagen [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-milk_float-en-noun-O~mtBzUQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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