vehiclenoun
uk/ˈvɪə.kəl/us/ˈviː.ə.kəl/vehicle noun (MACHINE)
B1 [ C ] formal a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods on land, especially on roads:
A truck driver died last night when his vehicle overturned.
Road vehicles include cars, buses, and trucks.
Tractors are farm vehicles.
The number of thefts of motor vehicles rose by a third last year.
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- There's no way through the centre of town in a vehicle - it's for pedestrians only.
- Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.
- The road was closed while the vehicles that had been involved in the accident were towed away.
- The thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery and then ran off.
- The police officer asked the driver whether he was the registered owner of the vehicle.
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Road vehicles in general
- all-terrain vehicle
- amphibious
- ATV
- autorickshaw
- conveyance
- craft
- diesel
- fleet
- front
- HOV
- hybrid
- machine
- model
- motor vehicle
- motorcade
- ringer
- transportation
- wheelchair
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vehicle noun (METHOD)
C2 [ C usually singular ] a way of achieving, producing, or expressing something:
The conference was seen as an ideal vehicle for increased cooperation between the member states.
[ C usually singular ] a show, film, exhibition, etc. that is used to show the special skills or qualities of one particular performer or artist:
The play seems to be little more than a vehicle for its director and star.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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vehicular
adjective uk/viˈɪk.jə.lər/us/viːˈhɪk.jə.lɚ/formal
The house has no vehicular access but can be reached by a short walk across the fields.