Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police van

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice -van
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of vehicle operated by a police force, usually employed for the transport of prisoners inside a specially adapted cell.

Inflected Forms

police vans (plural)

Synonyms

police wagon paddy wagon patrol wagon wagon black maria

Questions

What does police van mean?: A type of vehicle operated by a police force, usually employed for the transport of prisoners inside a specially adapted cell.

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