vehicle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a conveyance that transports people or objects
noun a medium for the expression or achievement of something
noun any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

The women’s vehicles drove by. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
It is thus an admirable vehicle for story-telling. — Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation, Joel Chandler Harris
=traction engine=: a locomotive that draws vehicles along roads. — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

From: —

Output

Worksheet Type (multi-select)

Scope

Difficulty

Max questions

0 words Min 50 words / Max 2,000 words