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four-wheel

four-wheel

18 2.0
A vehicle that has four wheels
  • adjective
  • /fɔr-wil/
translation icon : de cuatro ruedas
  • No, we need a major four-wheel drive just to get up that jeep trail.
  • four-wheel drive
  • four-wheel drive vehicle

Today we're going to be exploring the islands, going to see some of these beautiful beaches that everyone talks so highly of and all via our four wheel Chariots right here.

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Examples

Synonyms

four-wheeled
vsfour-wheel
1 3.2

A thing that has four wheels, like a car or cart

is the same in meaning but written with a hyphen instead of an -ed ending

How Many Wheels

four-wheel
18 2.0
three-wheel
1 3.3
two-wheel
2 3.5

Surface Forms

four-wheel positive

Morphology

four-wheel = four + wheel (transparent) = four + wheel

A clear compounding of two common words ('four' + 'wheel') meaning 'having four wheels', which a B1 learner can deduce.

Etymology

Four-wheel comes from two simple words: four ('the number 4') and wheel ('the round part that turns under a vehicle'), so it simply means a vehicle that has or uses four wheels.