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Van

A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages.

Periwinkle (color)

Periwinkle is a color in the blue and violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb which bears flowers of the same color.

rip

Verb

1. To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
2. To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

Noun

1. A tear (in paper, etc.).
2. A type of strong, rough tide or current.

van

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Valman.

Noun

1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
2. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

periwinkle

Noun

1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

Adjective

1. Of pale bluish purple colour.