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vehicle

/ˈvi.ə.kəl/noun3 syllables

Vehicle means: 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.

Synonyms for vehicle3

noun, as in 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

fomite

also used for vehicle

vahan, conveyance

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What does vehicle mean?4

noun

1

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

2

a conveyance that transports people or objects

3

a medium for the expression or achievement of something“his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views”

4

any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Vehicle in a sentence

  • He wanted four-wheel drive, so he bought a sports utility vehicle.Tangobango
  • Damiano attempted to shoot the flying vehicle, but to no avail.Amastan
  • In the evening, a vehicle stopped outside the door.sundown
  • The bicycle is the most elegant, most efficient vehicle ever invented.sundown
  • Every car is a vehicle, but not every vehicle is a car.Ooneykcall
  • Although she wants to buy a vehicle, there is no margin to buy.unknown
  • Every car is a vehicle, but the converse isn't true.Ooneykcall
  • At the border, they sometimes search vehicles and drivers.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of vehicle

as a noun

plural
vehicles