vehicle

Plural: vehicles

Noun

• A means of carrying or transporting something.
• a conveyance that transports people or objects
• a medium for the expression or achievement of something
  • "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"
  • "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"
  • "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents"
• any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
• any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
• A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
• A medium for expression of talent or views.
• A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
• The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
• An entity to achieve an end.
• A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
• An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

Verb

• To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
• To travel in a vehicle.

Examples

• an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
• mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
• supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
• The triple word score served as a perfect vehicle for his high-scoring word.

Synonyms

fomite, conveyance, vahan, vehicle

Related Words

:Category:Vehicles, vector, vectorial, vectorise, vectorize