Pantechnicon

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /panˈtÉ›knɪkÉ™n/

Origin

From Pantechnicon, a building in Motcomb Street, London.

Full definition of pantechnicon

Noun

1. (chiefly UK) A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
2. (chiefly UK) A van, especially a large removal van. Originally pantechnicon van.
• 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 426:In fact, as they later found, the auxiliary vehicle was a very large removers' van – the kind known as a pantechnicon.

Derived terms

• pantech
• pantech van