What does vehicle mean?

Definitions for vehicle
ˈvi ɪ kəl or, sometimes, ˈvi hɪ-ve·hi·cle

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vehicle.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vehiclenoun

    a conveyance that transports people or objects

  2. vehiclenoun

    a medium for the expression or achievement of something

    "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"; "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents"

  3. vehiclenoun

    any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

  4. fomite, vehiclenoun

    any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

Wiktionary

  1. vehiclenoun

    A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

  2. vehiclenoun

    A medium for expression of talent or views.

  3. vehiclenoun

    A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).

  4. vehiclenoun

    An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

  5. vehiclenoun

    An entity to achieve an end.

  6. vehiclenoun

    A yana.

Wikipedia

  1. Vehicle

    A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats, underwater vehicles), amphibious vehicles (screw-propelled vehicles, hovercraft), aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, aerostats) and spacecraft.Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vehiclenoun

    that in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land

  2. Vehiclenoun

    that which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy

  3. Vehiclenoun

    a substance in which medicine is taken

  4. Vehiclenoun

    any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it

  5. Etymology: [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.]

Freebase

  1. Vehicle

    A vehicle is a mobile machine that transports passengers or cargo. Most often, vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats and aircraft. Vehicles that do not travel on land often are called craft, such as watercraft, sailcraft, aircraft, hovercraft, and spacecraft. Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vehicle

    vē′hi-kl, n. any kind of carriage or conveyance: that which is used to convey: (med.) a substance in which a medicine is taken: (paint.) a liquid used to render colours, varnishes, &c. fit for use.—adjs. Vehic′ūlar, -y, pertaining to or serving as a vehicle.—v.t. Vehic′ūlate (rare), to ride in a vehicle.—n. Vehicūlā′tion.—adj. Vehic′ūlātōry. [L. vehiculumvehĕre, to carry.]

Editors Contribution

  1. vehicle

    A type of machine, device, or form of transport created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, elements, shapes, sizes and styles.

    There are various types of vehicles e.g. cars, tractors, lorry, truck etc.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vehicle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2505

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vehicle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2229

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vehicle' in Nouns Frequency: #644

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vehicle in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vehicle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of vehicle in a Sentence

  1. Arngrimur Hermannsson:

    I had to sign a contract saying that I would be the last owner of the vehicle, nATO doesn't want it in just anyone's hands.

  2. Northumberland County Sheriff Johnny Beauchamp:

    We believe she got into a vehicle at that point.

  3. Ivan Drury:

    The fascination with Tesla is not that they were the first to introduce an all-electric vehicle, it stems more from the first electric vehicle without compromise to styling, performance metrics and range.

  4. Matt Degen:

    For families, there are still few better vehicle choices than a minivan, they're just easier.

  5. Ashan Benedict:

    Studies have also shown us that individuals will graduate to pulling the trigger in dangerous crimes or homicides, they may start out using that gun and practice destruction of property, stop sign shootings, vehicle shootings. They may graduate to an armed carjacking or an armed robbery. And then all of a sudden that gun is being discharged and lives are being lost.

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