vehicle
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vehicle/ˈviːəkl/
▶noun
- 1 a thing used for transporting people or goods on land, e.g. a car, truck, or cart.
- 2 a means of expressing, embodying, or fulfilling something.
■ a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it.
- 3 a film, programme, song, etc., intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.
– derivatives
vehicular /vɪˈhɪkjʊlə/ adjective.
vehicular /vɪˈhɪkjʊlə/ adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr. véhicule or L. vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’.
'vehicle' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- aboard
- accelerator
- ADN
- aeroplane
- airbag
- air conditioning
- air cushion
- airflow
- all-points bulletin
- all-terrain vehicle
- ambulance
- amtrac
- AND
- antifreeze
- anti-lock
- anti-roll bar
- aquaplane
- armour
- ATV
- AUS
- B
- backfire
- bank
- banksman
- barbette
- BD
- beater
- beep
- BG
- BH
- bicycle
- Black Maria
- blinker
- blip
- blow
- blown
- blowout
- board
- bodyshell
- bodywork
- bogie
- bolster
- boneshaker
- bonnet
- box junction
- BR
- brake
- breeching
- BRN
