A commercial vehicle from which ice cream is sold, typically at the roadside.
she ran out to the ice cream van clutching her handful of change
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Somebody's already started going around my block in an ice cream van - before the daffodils are even certain of themselves yet.
He reached adulthood before he realised that when the ice cream van played music, it did not, in fact, indicate it was out of ice cream.
For the under-tens the main attraction is the ice cream van which has a regular stream of customers.
With 500 children spilling out of the school gates, there are more parked cars than ever, not to forget the ice cream van.
The square was packed with workers (and an enterprising ice cream van) during the lunchtime break.
The sun was shining, the birds were singing, ice cream vans were parked on every corner.
There were beer tents, bouncy castles, sponsor's messages, ice cream vans, replica shirts, blasts of pop music and a running commentary from the pavilion.
The couple also arranged for an ice cream van to be parked outside the three-star hotel, for anyone wanting dessert.
The dry, sunny conditions were perfect for the festivities and numerous ice cream vans parked about the site did a roaring trade.
The two-year-old has more reason to smile than most tots his age when the ice cream van comes round.