vehicle 
ve·hi·cle (vē′ə kəl, vē′hik′əl)
noun
- any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons or objects, esp. over land or in space, as an automobile, bicycle, sled, or spacecraft
- a means by which thoughts are expressed or made known music as the vehicle for one's ideas
- 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
- a play, film, etc. thought of as a means of communication or as a means of presenting a specified actor or company
- Painting a liquid, as water or oil, with which pigments are mixed for use
- Pharmacy a substance, as a syrup, in which medicines are given
Etymology: Fr véhicule < L vehiculum, carriage < vehere, to carry: see way
vehicle
n.
A conveyance
transportation, transport, carrier, wheels*. Vehicles include: carriage, buggy, wagon, sleigh, cart, motor car, bus, jeep, automobile, truck, tractor, tank, station wagon, van, cablecar, train, subway, minivan, limousine, limo*, streetcar, tram, trolley, bicycle, airplane, helicopter, shuttle, monorail, motorcycle, railroad car, taxicab, cab, hack, taxi.
Means of expression
Converse of object
- abandon: In the year 2003/2004, £ 20,000 was spent by the council in removing abandoned vehicles.
- propel: The cleanest alternative fuel vehicles ( band 4 as defined by the Powershift Register, www.powershift.org.uk ). Electrically propelled vehicles.
- motorise: The aim of the project was to enhance the pupils ' 3-D drawing skills through designing and creating motorized toy vehicles.
- tow: Caravans and trailers: Towing vehicles are required to have two external mirrors.
Adjective modifier
- armored: However, without fuel for their armored vehicles, any success in the air was meaningless.
- abandoned: Abandoned vehicles are dealt with by the council, however reports are regularly made to the police.
- 4x4: When changing tires on a 4x4 vehicle there are a number of important things to consider.
- electric: An electric vehicle ( EV ) site with a page of links to electric boating pages.
- heavy: First, a heavy vehicle crashed through the road at the corner of the main entrance to the Barn.
- unmanned: Air platforms are defined as any aircraft, helicopter or unmanned air vehicle.
Modifies a noun
- excise: NHS vehicles that are exempt from vehicle excise duty.
- fleet: They needed a Balance of Investment study to identify the most cost-effective mix in the future support vehicle fleet.
- crime: The Prime Minister has set a target for a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004.
- tracking: Quicken 2002 Deluxe and Business adds functions for small business such as vehicle mileage tracking and accounts payable.
- kilometer: Average time lost per vehicle km should be calculated by dividing total time lost by total vehicle kilometers.
Noun used with modifier
- motor: At the center of the country's motor vehicle manufacturing industry.
- hire: Home Living Getting around Taxis and private hire vehicles Taxis and private hire vehicles We license and control the Portsmouth taxi fleet.
- off-road: For example, one of our clients who had always loved the outdoors received funds for an adapted off-road vehicle.
- emergency: If you are in a traffic accident, emergency vehicles can find you easily to administer assistance.
- utility: But the popularity of four-wheel drive " sports utility vehicles " is hampering efforts to cut air pollution on Britain's roads.
No one can read a poem unless he realises that it is a physical object as well as an abstract vehicle for conveying ideas. A poem has a material existence like a piece of music or sculpture or a plate of meat.
We agreed that the novel is absolutely the only vehicle for the thought of our day.
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