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vehicle.

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪə̯.kəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪjɪk(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard/ˈvɪjək(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard
  1. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

  2. A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.

    kinetic kill vehicle
  3. A medium for expression of talent or views.

    supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
  4. A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

  5. The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

    an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
  6. An entity to achieve an end.

    mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
  7. A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

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

    Hinduism
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehō, vehere (“to carry”).

verb/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪə̯.kəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪjɪk(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard/ˈvɪjək(ə)l/British, Southern, Standard
  1. To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.

  2. To travel in a vehicle.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehō, vehere (“to carry”).

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