wheeled vehicle
2
2.6
- noun
- /wiːld ˈviːɪkl/
:
vehículo con ruedas
- Wheeled vehicles of every kind abound, as do airports for the flying creatures, which carry gondolas of people over great distances.
- four-wheeled vehicle
- two-wheeled vehicle
- six-wheeled vehicle
Did you know that in the Americas before Columbus, there were no wheels, no wheeled vehicles?
- Did you know that in the Americas before Columbus, there were no wheels, no wheeled vehicles?
Examples
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Farther north in Hoboken, across the Hudson from Manhattan, New Jersey National Guard troops arrived Tuesday night with high-wheeled vehicles to reach thousands of flood victims stuck in their homes.
Blog text (2) -
The great risk is that pressure from any wheeled vehicle used in logging can compact or cut through the surface topsoil layers to the gravelly layers below, damaging their hydrology and ecology.
Blog text (2) -
This fully electric, two-wheeled vehicle is self-balancing, using a pair of flywheels to maintain stability in all conditions.
Blog text (29) -
At the playground gate, a small three-wheeled vehicle propelled by a rear engine overtook him.
Fiction book (2002) -
Nomadic cultures on the steppes did not have the leisure time or fixed bases needed to build wheeled vehicles.
Academic text (2004) -
All I know is that my dad was a sergeant in the Army and drove every wheeled vehicle that the Army ever made, from the Willys to the deuce and a half, and everything in between.
Blog text (11) -
She told them about cars, then horses, and all of a sudden her Onalbi comes up with the idea for a wagon, being a wheeled vehicle powered by a horse instead of electricity, and wants to know what we called it.
Fiction book (1997) -
The streets of this city had predated chariots, much less automobiles, and later concessions made to wheeled vehicles had fallen short of making Athens a Los Angeles.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Chinese painting of architectural subjects—buildings, boats, wheeled vehicles, and other mechanical apparatuses—is called jiehua.
Academic text (2002) -
The roads are closed to wheeled vehicles from now through probably mid-March.
Synonyms
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1.0
A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people
∞
1.0
Large heavy vehicle that carries goods or equipment on roads
∞
1.6
A machine like a car or bus that carries people and goods
676
1.0
A medium-sized vehicle with a closed back used to carry goods or people
334
1.1
A vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people on roads
297
1.0
A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
293
2.6
A small home on wheels pulled behind a car for living or sleeping
89
3.5
A vehicle that pulls train cars on railway tracks
88
1.0
A four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry goods
85
2.3
A strong farm machine that pulls equipment and trailers
50
3.0
A large vehicle like a van or bus that people live in while they travel
32
2.5
A rail vehicle that uses electricity to carry people in a city
27
1.5
A machine like a car or bus that moves on roads and has an engine
15
3.0
A large truck that pulls a long trailer to carry goods on roads
9
1.0
A four-wheeled vehicle that carries people
8
5.0
A car or other vehicle someone owns
6
2.5
A vehicle on railway tracks that carries people or goods
4
5.1
A vehicle with four wheels like a carriage or taxi that people pay to use
2
3.2
A very large vehicle with a separate trailer that carries goods
1
3.0
A machine with wheels like a car or bus that moves on roads
1
3.8
A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods
A large vehicle that carries goods
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Morphology
The meaning 'a vehicle that moves on wheels' is directly and compositionally derived from 'wheeled' (having wheels) modifying 'vehicle' (a machine for transporting people or goods). This is a straightforward adjective+noun construction following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Wheeled vehicle is a compound name that literally shows a vehicle with wheels. Picture a wooden cart fitted with round wheels so it can carry people or goods more easily, and you see why the phrase means 'a vehicle that moves on wheels'.