convoy

/ˌkɑnˈvɔɪ/

/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/

Other forms: convoys; convoyed; convoying

To travel in a convoy is to be escorted by a group of protective vehicles. If you are a teenage rock star with millions of fans, you probably need a security convoy just to go visit your grandmother.

If the President visits your town, you may see a huge convoy of secret service vehicles, limousines, and police cars. Ships can also travel in convoys, with those carrying valuable items surrounded by warships. As a verb, convoy describes the act of traveling together, like when your family and other families convoy to a camp ground, driving in a group, making stops together, and waving to each other on the highway.

Definitions of convoy

1. noun

   the act of escorting while in transit
   type of:

   accompaniment, escort

   the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
2. noun

   a procession of land vehicles traveling together
   type of:

   procession

   the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
3. noun

   a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
   type of:

   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole
4. verb

   escort in transit
   “the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone”

   “the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific”

   type of:

   escort

   accompany as an escort