vehicle

Examples

• All

• Parent conferences are viable vehicles for relaying pertinent information concerning the achievements and/or deficiencies of students.

  Academic text (1992)

• I was able to see law school as a vehicle for helping people.

  Academic text (2001)

• The World Wide Web is an ideal vehicle for such continued contact.

  Academic text (2003)

• The keyboard, however, provided a vehicle for them to use to apply music theory.

  Academic text (1993)

• RBCs are currently being considered as a vehicle for targeted drug delivery.

  Academic text (2013)

• And schools provide an important vehicle for delivering vaccines, medicines, vitamins, and meals.

  Academic text (2001)

• Poetry becomes a workshop for experimentation and a vehicle for self-exploration.

  Academic text (2001)

• RBCs are currently being considered as a vehicle for targeted drug delivery.

• Foundations such as Fulcrum offer a vehicle for instituting such changes.

• Over the past decade, ultrasound technology has become a vehicle for the sex selection of infants.

Idioms

Y

your father's vehicle

• Informal

9.2

A modern car that is unlike the older cars people used to drive

Compounds

M

motor vehicle

34 1.5

A machine like a car or bus that moves on roads and has an engine

A

armored vehicle

• Specialized

21 3.4

A vehicle with heavy metal protection that keeps people safe from attack, like a tank or police van

S

sport utility vehicle

12 3.4

A large car like a truck that can drive on roads and rough ground

M

military vehicle

8 3.7

A machine like a truck or tank that the army uses

S

space vehicle

• Specialized

5 3.5

A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite

W

wheeled vehicle

5 2.6

A machine with wheels that carries people or goods

R

recreational vehicle

• US

5 3.4

A large vehicle with living space that people use for travel and camping

P

passenger vehicle

3 2.5

A bus or train that carries many people

A

amphibious vehicle

• Specialized

2 6.1

A machine like a car that can move on land and in water

V

vehicle traffic

2 3.2

The movement of cars and trucks on roads in an area at one time

S

star vehicle

• Literature

1 6.8

A film, play, or TV show made mainly to show a famous actor's talent

T

tracked vehicle

• Specialized

1 6.0

A vehicle that moves on wide tracks to travel over soft or rough ground

S

self-propelled vehicle

1 5.0

A machine like a car or tractor that moves by its own power

R

reconnaissance vehicle

• Specialized

1 8.0

A fast vehicle with light armour that scouts and watches ahead

A

automotive vehicle

1 3.0

A machine with wheels like a car or bus that moves on roads

H

horse-drawn vehicle

1 3.8

A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods

A

armored combat vehicle

• Specialized

1 7.6

A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting

T

test instrument vehicle

• Specialized

7.4

A rocket that flies to check equipment and systems

V

vehicle-borne transmission

• Specialized

8.0

Infection that happens when you touch or eat something contaminated

How Viscous

paste

70 1.0

syrup

180 1.0

cream

151 1.0

vehicle

• Specialized

3 7.8

to gel

• Specialized

20 4.1

solution

• Specialized

78 3.0

water

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology