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vehicle

ve·hi·cle

vehicle

 
 
pronunciation:
vi ih kl
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: noun
definition 1: something used to carry and move people or things.
Cars, buses, and airplanes are vehicles.
 
similar words:
car, transport, transportation
definition 2: a means of communicating or expressing.
The book served as a vehicle for her ideas about nature.
synonyms:
medium, tool
similar words:
device, means, mechanism
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)vehicle abandoned, advanced, alternative, amphibious, armored, civilian, compact, conventional, driving, efficient, electric, hybrid, luxury, moving, off-road, oncoming, passing, plug-in, robotic, stolen, underwater, unmanned, used, wheeled  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)vehicle operate, purchase, rent, repair, steal, tire, tow
(n.)vehicle + verb collide, crash, drive, equip, park, power, register, speed, transport, travel
noun + (n.)vehicle Help aerial, armor, assault, automobile, battery, combat, delivery, driver, emergency, entrance, exploration, fighting, fleet, fuel, gasoline, helicopter, hybrid, hydrogen, kill, launch, motor, occupant, passenger, patrol, re-entry, rescue, simile, sport, tank, transport, transportation, truck, utility, wheelchair [See all][See only the most frequent]
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broader category that includes vehicles
some actions of vehicles
some examples of vehicles
some people associated with vehicles
some places for vehicles
some things typically transported in vehicles