vehicle

  • 21vehicle — / vi:IkFl/ noun (C) 1 especially formal a thing such as a car, bus etc that is used for carrying people or things from one place to another: “Is this your vehicle, sir?” asked the policeman. | a heavy goods vehicle 2 vehicle for (doing) sth… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22Vehicle — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vehicle >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vehicle vehicle conveyance carriage caravan van Sgm: N 1 wagon wagon waggon wain dray cart lorry GRP: N 2 …

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  • 23vehicle — noun 1) a stolen vehicle Syn: means of transport, conveyance, motor vehicle 2) a vehicle for the communication of original ideas Syn: channel, medium, conduit, means, means of expression, agency, agent, instrument …

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  • 24vehicle — ve•hi•cle [[t]ˈvi ɪ kəl[/t]] or, sometimes, [[t]ˈvi hɪ [/t]] n. 1) trs any means in or by which someone or something is carried or conveyed: a motor vehicle[/ex] 2) trs a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, or the like, as an automobile 3) cv a …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25vehicle — noun Etymology: French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum carriage, conveyance, from vehere to carry more at way Date: 1612 1. a. an inert medium (as a syrup) in which a medicinally active agent is administered b. any of various media acting usually… …

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  • 26vehicle —    In the visual arts, that which carries a paint s pigments, and is also called a medium or a base. The vehicle is what determines what kind of paint is produced. A painter can mix a vehicle with its solvents, pigments and other substances in… …

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  • 27vehicle — noun 1) a stolen vehicle Syn: means of transport, conveyance 2) a vehicle for the communication of ideas Syn: channel, medium, means, agent, instrument, mechanism, organ, apparatus …

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  • 28vehicle*/*/*/ — [ˈviːɪk(ə)l] noun [C] 1) a machine that you travel in or on, especially one with an engine that travels on roads, for example a car, bus, van, truck, or MOTORCYCLE 2) a way of expressing ideas or of making something happen He launched the… …

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  • 29vehicle — /ˈviɪkəl / (say veeikuhl), /ˈviəkəl / (say veeuhkuhl) noun 1. any receptacle, or means of transport, in which something is carried or conveyed, or travels. 2. a carriage or conveyance moving on wheels or runners. 3. Astronautics a rocket… …

  • 30vehicle — An instrumentality for the carrying of goods or people. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1237. A broader term than motor vehicle. Golding Keene Co. v Fidelity Phoenix Fire Ins. Co. 96 NH 64, 69 A2d 56, 12 ALR2d 591. Any carriage or contrivance used or… …

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