vehicle
/ˈvi.ə.kəl/ noun B1- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon. · kinetic kill vehicle
- A medium for expression of talent or views. · supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug. · an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
- An entity to achieve an end. · mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
- A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
Plural vehicles
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At length he saw a dark mass, against which it seemed as if the carriage was about to dash; but the vehicle turned to one side, leaving the barrier behind and Danglars saw that it was one of the ramparts encircling Rome.
Brady wasn’t onto that little outdoor vehicle mob scene.
The two girls sat in the window seat, looking out at the lights and the stream of hurrying vehicles in the avenue.
In the vehicle was a young woman and a child of about seven or eight clasped in each other’s arms.
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