vehicle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- ?? transport, conveyance, transportation
- medium, apparatus, channel, means, mechanism, organ

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Related Words: agent, implement, tool

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ve‧hi‧cle S2 W2 AC /ˈviːɪkəl/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: vehicle; adjective: vehicular]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: véhicule, from Latin vehiculum, from vehere 'to carry']

1. formal a machine with an engine that is used to take people or things from one place to another, such as a car, bus, or truck ⇒ motor vehicle:
a description of the stolen vehicle
Have you locked your vehicle?

2. [usually singular] formal something you use to express and spread your ideas, opinions etc Synonym : medium
vehicle for
The 1936 Olympics were used as a vehicle for Nazi propaganda.
‘Eastern Eye’ is an important vehicle for Black British opinion.

3. [usually singular] a film, television programme etc that is made to gain public attention for one of the people in it
vehicle for
This is the perfect vehicle for Fleming to make his triumphant return to the stage.
MGM made the film as a star vehicle for Brando.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vehicle
noun
I. used for transporting people or things
ADJ. moving, oncoming, passing She was blinded by the lights from an oncoming vehicle.
parked, stationary The bus crashed into a stationary vehicle.
unattended | stolen The thieves escaped in a stolen vehicle.
horse-drawn, motor | electric, diesel, petrol/petrol-driven | wheeled The city centre is off-limits to wheeled vehicles.
road | four-wheel-drive | all-terrain, off-road | vintage | private | commercial, delivery, (heavy) goods | emergency | police | armoured, military
QUANT. convoy The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles.
VERB + VEHICLE own | hire Hire a four-wheel-drive vehicle?there are lots of spots to discover off the beaten track.
drive | park | impound, tow away The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation.
abandon Sniffer dogs were brought in to follow the men after they abandoned the vehicle in a ditch.
VEHICLE + VERB arrive An eyewitness said, ‘We saw loads of smoke, and then the emergency vehicles arrived.’
break down | collide, crash (into sth) Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles collided near Thirsk.
run on sth vehicles running on lead-free petrol
VEHICLE + NOUN emission tighter controls on vehicle emissions
manufacture

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

vehicle
II. sth used for communicating ideas/achieving sth
ADJ. excellent, ideal, perfect | important, main, major
PREP. ~ for The play is a perfect vehicle for her talents.
~ of The Students' Union is the main vehicle of communication for students in the college.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲