1
general::
convoy
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + convoy
an aid/relief/humanitarian convoy
(= taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas )
• The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
a food convoy
(= taking food )
• Troops were sent to guard the food convoys.
a military/army/troop convoy
• 28 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military convoy.
an armed convoy
(= carrying weapons )
• a heavily armed convoy of three vehicles
a truck/vehicle convoy
• The troops' truck convoy was travelling along the edge of the desert.
a police convoy
(= of police vehicles )
• Rebels have ambushed a police convoy in the east.
verbs
go in convoy
(= go together, in separate vehicles )
• We could all meet up somewhere and go in convoy.
escort a convoy
(= go with a convoy )
• Troops will escort convoys of emergency food through the war zones.
ambush a convoy
(= attack a convoy )
• Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks heading north.
a convoy carries something
• The military convoy was carrying supplies to a NATO base at Malatya.
a convoy arrives
• The convoy arrived in Gelib carrying 450 tonnes of food.
a convoy reaches something
• When is the convoy expected to reach its destination?
transnet.ir
2
general::
noun ADJ. armed, army, military, naval, troop | road, vehicle | aid, food, humanitarian, relief the proposal to send 500 armed soldiers to escort food convoys | UN/United Nations VERB + CONVOY lead | escort, protect | attack CONVOY + VERB carry sth | arrive PREP. in ~ The ships travelled in convoy. | ~ of a large convoy of lorries carrying medical supplies | ~ to the next aid convoy to the war-torn region
Oxford Collocations Dictionary