vehicle

 
Pronunciation: /ˈviːɪk(ə)l/

noun

  • 1a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart: the vehicle was sent skidding across the road a heavy goods vehicle
  • 2a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something: I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas
  • a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it: casein was used as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters
  • 3a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage: a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood’s hottest properties
  • 4a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.

Derivatives

vehicular

Pronunciation: /vɪˈhɪkjʊlə/
adjective
vehicle (sense 1).

Origin:

early 17th century: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere 'carry'

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