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English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From véhicule

Noun

  1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
  2. A medium for expression of talent or views.
  3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).
  4. In the Context of An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits


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cs:vehicle de:vehicle et:vehicle el:vehicle fa:vehicle fr:vehicle ko:vehicle io:vehicle id:vehicle it:vehicle ku:vehicle hu:vehicle ja:vehicle pl:vehicle pt:vehicle ru:vehicle simple:vehicle fi:vehicle ta:vehicle te:vehicle vi:vehicle tr:vehicle zh:vehicle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Vehicle \Ve"hi*cle\, n. [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin
to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh,
Veil, Vex.]
[1913 Webster]
1. That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be,
carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh,
bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a
means of conveyance upon land.
[1913 Webster]

2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or
communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.
[1913 Webster]

A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to
a popular assembly. --Wirt.
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3. (Pharm.) A substance in which medicine is taken.
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4. (Paint.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied,
including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive
substance is combined with it.
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Note: Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting,
the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is
used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed
oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in
encaustic, wax is the vehicle. --Fairholt.
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5. (Chem.) A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass
and paper for use in photography.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet vehicle
n 1: a conveyance that transports people or objects
2: a medium for the expression or achievement of something;
"his editorials provided a vehicle for his political
views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"
3: 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 [syn: fomite]
Moby Dictionary
Charlie McCarthy , Grand Guignol , Passion play , Tom show , agency ,
agent , ancilla , antimasque , appliance , audience success , backing ,
ballet , bibliofilm , bipack , black-and-white film , bomb ,
broadcast drama , burlesque show , carrier , cartridge , channel ,
charade , chromogen , cliff hanger , closet drama , coat ,
coat of paint , coating , color , color film , color filter ,
color gelatin , color negative film , colorant , coloring ,
comedy drama , conduit , contrivance , conveyance , creature ,
critical success , daytime serial , dead-color , device , dialogue ,
distemper , documentary drama , dope , drama , dramalogue ,
dramatic play , dramatic series , drier , dry plate , dummy , duodrama ,
duologue , dupe , dye , dyestuff , emulsion , epic theater ,
experimental theater , exterior paint , extravaganza , failure , film ,
flat coat , flat wash , floor enamel , flop , frame , gasser , giveaway ,
go-between , ground , handmaid , handmaiden , happening , hit , hit show ,
implement , improvisational drama , instrument , instrumentality ,
interagent , interior paint , intermediary , intermediate ,
intermedium , legitimate drama , lever , masque , mean , means ,
mechanism , mediator , medium , melodrama , microfilm , midwife , minion ,
ministry , minstrel show , miracle , miracle play , monochromatic film ,
monodrama , monologue , morality , morality play , motion-picture film ,
music drama , musical revue , mystery , mystery play , negative ,
opaque color , opera , organ , orthochromatic film , pack , pageant ,
paint , panchromatic film , panel show , pantomime , pastoral ,
pastoral drama , pawn , photographic paper , piece , pigment , plate ,
play , playlet , plaything , prime coat , primer , priming ,
printing paper , problem play , psychodrama , puppet , quiz show ,
radio drama , review , revue , roll , sensational play , serial ,
servant , show , sitcom , situation comedy , sketch , skit , slave , soap ,
soap opera , sociodrama , sound film , sound track , sound-on-film ,
soundstripe , spectacle , stage play , stage show , stain , stooge ,
straight drama , success , suspense drama , tableau , tableau vivant ,
talk show , teleplay , television drama , television play , tempera ,
theater of cruelty , thinner , tinction , tincture , tool ,
total theater , toy , transparent color , transport , transportation ,
tripack , turpentine , turps , undercoat , undercoating , variety show ,
vaudeville , vaudeville show , wash , wash coat ,
word-of-mouth success , work


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