food truck

noun

: a large wheeled vehicle from which food is sold that typically contains cooking facilities where the food is prepared

Nearby, lunchtime crowds formed outside about half a dozen food trucks, serving Indian, Cuban, Mexican and French cuisine.

—Hugo Martin

Food trucks aren't new to the city's landscape. For decades they've offered cheap eats along roadsides and at construction sites across southern California.

—David Brindley

Examples of food truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Also scheduled: food trucks, vendors, children’s games, music from DJs and from The Resolvers. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024

Trenton Summer Festival Enjoy craft vendors, food trucks, a beer tent, and a kids' corner alongside three stages of live entertainment featuring Mad Mad World, Shakedown, Dishwalla, Vendors, Mega 80s, Foxound, and more. —Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2024

There will be a water balloon contest, a pie-eating contest, a hula hoop contest, music, food trucks and a beer garden. —Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024

The festivities start at 3 p.m. July 4 and include carnival rides, water bounce houses, food trucks, live music and a big boom-boom-boom at the end with the fireworks. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above