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Definitions for Vehicle

[1] any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.
[2] a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor.
[3] a means of transmission or passage: Air is the vehicle of sound.
[4] a carrier, as of infection.
[5] a medium of communication, expression, or display: The novel is a fitting vehicle for his talents. Language is the vehicle of thought.
[6] Theater , Movies . a play, screenplay, or the like, having a role suited to the talents of and often written for a specific performer.
[7] a means of accomplishing a purpose: College is a vehicle for success.
[8] Rhetoric . the thing or idea to which the subject of a metaphor is compared, as “rose” in “she is a rose.” Compare tenor(def 3) .
[9] Pharmacology . a substance, usually fluid, possessing little or no medicinal action, used as a medium for active remedies.
[10] Painting . a liquid, as oil, in which a pigment is mixed before being applied to a surface.
[11] any conveyance in or by which people or objects are transported, esp one fitted with wheels
[12] a medium for the expression, communication, or achievement of ideas, information, power, etc
[13] pharmacol a therapeutically inactive substance mixed with the active ingredient to give bulk to a medicine
[14] Also called: base a painting medium, such as oil, in which pigments are suspended
[15] (in the performing arts) a play, musical composition, etc, that enables a particular performer to display his talents
[16] a rocket excluding its payload

Words related to Vehicle

wagon, van, car, bus, truck, automobile, bicycle, boat, cab, taxi, jeep, instrument, tool, vector, buggy, crate, mechanism, conveyance, jalopy, agent

Words nearby Vehicle

veggieburger, vegie, vego, vehemence, vehement, vehicle, vehicular, veii, veil, veiled, veiling

Origin of Vehicle

1605–15; < Latin vehiculum, equivalent to veh(ere ) to convey + -i- -i- + -culum -cle2

Word origin for Vehicle

C17: from Latin vehiculum, from vehere to carry

Synonyms for Vehicle

automobile, bicycle, boat, bus, cab, car, jeep, taxi, truck, van, wagon, agent, buggy, carrier, chariot, conveyance, crate, jalopy, mechanism, motorcycle, transport, vector, wheels