truck farm

noun

: a farm devoted to the production of vegetables for the market

truck farmer noun

Examples of truck farm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Asawa was born in Norwalk, California, and raised on a truck farm. —News Desk, Artforum, 5 Dec. 2024

Neighboring Batestown flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century as an unincorporated community where residents raised vegetables on truck farms and livestock, said Reid, who grew up there. —Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023

Mark Fidrych retired and returned to his truck farm in Massachusetts. —Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022

The heyday of the truck farm came after the Civil War. —Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020

The Ti Kee truck farm yielded profits as high as $2,000 a year, or close to $60,000 in today’s dollars. —Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020

By the 1890s, a hamlet of Chinese gardeners operated a truck farm at what is now the West Bank end of the Crescent City Connection. —Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2020

In Milwaukee, Randall's grandfather worked as a laborer, and her parents rented a small truck farm on Capitol Drive in Wauwatosa. —Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

truck entry 4

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for truck farm

• alarm
• disarm
• forearm
• gendarme
• nonfarm
• rearm
• arm
• charm
• harm
• firearm
• underarm

Kids Definition

truck farm

noun

: a farm growing vegetables for market

truck farmer noun