sled

C2 Topic:Transportation

US /slɛd/ See IPA manual

Freq #15171

Meanings

1

noun
A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
2

noun
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.

"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
3

noun
A snowmobile.

We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
4

noun
A car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.

Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 noun · a car (automobile) or... boatland yacht

Word family

Forms sledded

Derived forms aerosledairsledbobsleddogsledkick-sledkicksledmudsledsled-headsledagesleddablesleddersledding

Related forms autosledsledge sleigh toboggan

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Phrases (1)

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sled dog
a dog trained to pull a sled over snow or ice

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

Topics

Transportation

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# sled

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /slɛd/
**Frequency rank:** 15171

## Meanings
1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
2. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
3. A snowmobile.
4. A car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.

## Examples
- The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
- "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
- We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
- Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat.

## Derived Forms
- aerosled
- airsled
- bobsled
- dogsled
- kick-sled
- kicksled
- mudsled
- sled-head
- sledage
- sleddable
- sledder
- sledding

## Related Forms
- autosled
- sledge
- sleigh
- toboggan

## Etymology
From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.

## Topics
- Transportation

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