minivan

noun

mini·​van ˈmi-nē-ˌvan How to pronounce minivan (audio)
: a small passenger van

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Agents then placed her in the back of an unmarked gray Chrysler minivan with tinted windows as onlookers yelled at them. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 Choi was reported missing on the night of February 21, 2023, by her second husband, Chris Tam, and Choi’s mother, Cheung Yin-fa, several hours after she was last seen getting into a white Toyota minivan driven by her former brother-in-law, Anthony Kwong, who was working as her chauffeur. Eric Wilson, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025 In the meantime, cases continue working their way through local courts – including one in Florida where a man in a truck allegedly chased and cornered a minivan occupied by a group of men heading to work on an April morning before dawn. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Toyota produces one of the only new standard hybrid minivans on the market. Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minivan

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First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of minivan was in 1959

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“Minivan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minivan. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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minivan

noun
mini·​van ˈmin-ē-ˌvan How to pronounce minivan (audio)
: a small passenger van

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