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 Martín

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

The food truck’s hot holding unit clearly wasn’t so hot, either, as a summer afternoon rainstorm of Stop Sales came down on oxtails, pork chop, salmon, macaroni and cheese, grits, raw chicken, raw pork, liquid eggs, raw tilapia, salmon salad, sausage and hot dogs. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

The outdoor area also serves as a large concourse, of sorts, with plenty of space for vendors and local food trucks. —Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025

Angel’s also has stands and food trucks in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025

Campaign staffers told the crowd to take advantage of incoming food trucks, which will be parked outside, before soaking up the night’s festivities. —Dana Afana, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for food truck

• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck