car·a·van
ˈker-ə-ˌvan 
ˈka-rə-
1
a
: a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions
also
: a train of pack animals
b
: a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2
a
: a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
b
British
: trailer sense 1b
caravanned or caravaned; caravanning or caravaning
: to travel in a caravan
Examples of caravan in a Sentence
Noun
a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street
bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California
Verb
We caravaned to the campsite.
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Maria Zimina, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Recent months have seen an escalation of attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars of Jewish community members across the country, including the discovery of a caravan laden with explosives with a list of Jewish targets in Sydney.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Straggling at the end of the Israelite caravan escaping Egypt were the sick and elderly, helpless women and children.
—Maria Zimina, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Recent months have seen an escalation of attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars of Jewish community members across the country, including the discovery of a caravan laden with explosives with a list of Jewish targets in Sydney.
—Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Photo: Getty Images Each winter, Wright and his apprentices would caravan from Spring Green to Scottsdale to continue their work in warmer weather.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Each spring, his parents and five siblings would caravan with a couple of other families from South Texas to the Oregon-Idaho border.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Caravan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caravan. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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