vehicle
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈviːɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
vehículo
- The ban was intended as a vehicle for conserving energy.
- saline vehicle
I'm glad you brought up the difference between a substance like caffeine and the vehicle it's contained in, like coffee.
- I'm glad you brought up the difference between a substance like caffeine and the vehicle it's contained in, like coffee.
Examples
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Parent conferences are viable vehicles for relaying pertinent information concerning the achievements and/or deficiencies of students.
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I was able to see law school as a vehicle for helping people.
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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.
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Foundations such as Fulcrum offer a vehicle for instituting such changes.
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Over the past decade, ultrasound technology has become a vehicle for the sex selection of infants.
Idioms
Compounds
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3.4
A vehicle with heavy metal protection that keeps people safe from attack, like a tank or police van
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3.4
A large vehicle with living space that people use for travel and camping
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4
3.5
A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite
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6.0
A vehicle that moves on wide tracks to travel over soft or rough ground
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A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting
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A fast vehicle with light armour that scouts and watches ahead
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Infection that happens when you touch or eat something contaminated
How Viscous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vehicle comes from the Latin vehiculum, from vehere 'to carry'. In medicine and art, a vehicle is the substance that 'carries' a drug or pigment so it can move and work where it is needed.