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convoy

/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/noun

उच्चारण कॉन्वॉइ

काफ़िला, रक्षक दल

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, especially when soldiers or other vehicles travel with them for protection

    काफ़िला, रक्षक दल

    • a convoy of army trucks
    • the minister's convoy
    • A convoy of trucks carried relief supplies to the flood area.
    + 3 more examples
    • Police led the convoy through the busy streets.
    • The ships travelled in a convoy for safety.
    • Traffic stopped to let the prime minister's convoy pass.

    Synonyms procession column fleet escort motorcade

Idioms 1

in convoy

(of vehicles) travelling as a group

काफ़िले में

  • The relief trucks travelled in convoy.
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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a group of vehicles travelling together for protection is a convoy; a procession of cars a motorcade; of people on horses a cavalcade; a group of travellers with camels crossing a desert a caravan; a group of ships a fleet.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: सुरक्षा के लिए साथ चलने वाले वाहनों का समूह convoy; कारों का जुलूस motorcade; घुड़सवारों का cavalcade; रेगिस्तान पार करने वाले ऊँटों वाले यात्रियों का समूह caravan; जहाज़ों का समूह fleet।

General knowledge

The Pulwama attack (February 2019) targeted a CRPF convoy.

पुलवामा हमले (फ़रवरी 2019) में CRPF के काफ़िले को निशाना बनाया गया।