vehicle

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noun

1. a conveyance that transports people or objects (Freq. 9)
• Derivationally related forms:
vehicular
• Hypernyms:
conveyance, transport
• Hyponyms:
bumper car, Dodgem, craft, military vehicle, rocket,
projectile, skibob, sled, sledge, sleigh, steamroller,
road roller, wheeled vehicle
• Part Meronyms:
splashboard, splasher, dashboard
2. a medium for the expression or achievement of something (Freq. 6)
- 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
• Hypernyms:
medium
3. any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
• Hypernyms:
substance
4. 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
• Syn:
fomite
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object