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🚛 A military vehicle 🚛 With rear tracks
half-track

half-track

8.8
Having front wheels and back tracks like a military vehicle
  • adjective
  • /ˈhæf.træk/
  • Specialized
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  • A half-track vehicle can handle rough terrain better than a normal truck.

Examples

  • A half-track vehicle can handle rough terrain better than a normal truck.

  • Engineers modified the old bus into a half-track for use in snowy areas.

  • The army displayed a restored half-track from World War II at the museum.

  • Wow! Look at that half-track go!

  • The army deployed a half-track to transport troops.

  • The army displayed a restored half-track from World War II at the museum.

  • Engineers modified the old bus into a half-track for use in snowy areas.

Synonyms

half-tracked
vshalf-track
  • Specialized
8.2

A vehicle with tracks at the back and wheels at the front for moving on rough ground

is used mainly in military roles rather than focusing on terrain performance

Surface Forms

half-track positive

Morphology

half-track = half + track (transparent) = half + track

Adjectival use denotes possessing the characteristic described by the compound 'half-track'; composition is literal and clear.

Etymology

Half-track (as an adjective) describes a vehicle with wheels at the front and tracks at the back and gets its name from half ('part of something') and track ('a tread or moving band'). That name explains the idea: the vehicle is half wheel and half track, which helps it travel on rough terrain.