VEHICLE


Meaning of VEHICLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vi:ɪk(ə)l ]

( vehicles)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A vehicle is a machine such as a car, bus, or truck which has an engine and is used to carry people from place to place.

...a vehicle which was somewhere between a tractor and a truck.

N-COUNT

2.

You can use vehicle to refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose.

Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs...

= medium

N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N for n

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