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vehicle
A	noun
	1	vehicle
			a conveyance that transports people or objects
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance; transport ╚vehicle ╚wheeled vehicle ╚steamroller; road roller ╚sled; sledge; sleigh ╚skibob ╚rocket ╚military vehicle ╚craft ╚bumper car; Dodgem
	2	vehicle
			a medium for the expression or achievement of something; "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚means ╚medium ╚vehicle
	3	fomite, vehicle
			any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚fomite, vehicle