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vehicle definition

ve·hi·cle (ə kəl, vēhik′əl)

noun

  1. any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons or objects, esp. over land or in space, as an automobile, bicycle, sled, or spacecraft
  2. a means by which thoughts are expressed or made known music as the vehicle for one's ideas
  3. in a metaphor, that word or term whose usual, literal meaning is applied in a figurative, nonliteral way to the tenor (sense ) in “all the world's a stage”, “world” is the tenor and “stage” is the vehicle
  4. a play, film, etc. thought of as a means of communication or as a means of presenting a specified actor or company
  5. Painting a liquid, as water or oil, with which pigments are mixed for use
  6. Pharmacy a substance, as a syrup, in which medicines are given

Etymology: Fr véhicule < L vehiculum, carriage < vehere, to carry: see way

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