US /ˈvi.ə.kəl/ UK /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
noun Freq #2246

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A machine, such as a car, bus, or truck, used to carry people or goods from place to place.

    Every vehicle on the road must be properly insured.

  2. 2
    noun

    A means of expressing, achieving, or spreading something.

    Their newspaper became a vehicle for their political views.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
conveyancevahan
Word family
Forms vehicles
Derived forms e-vehiclein-vehiclestar-vehiclevehicular
Related forms vectorvectorialvectorisevectorize

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

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