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Antonyms for vehicle

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vee-i-kuh l or, sometimes, vee-hi-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvi ɪ kəl or, sometimes, ˈvi hɪ-

Definition of vehicle

Origin :
  • 1610s, "a medium through which a drug or medicine is administered," also "any means of conveying or transmitting," from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum "means of transport, a vehicle," from vehere "to carry," from PIE *wegh- "to go, transport in a vehicle" (cf. Old English wegan "to carry;" Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg "way;" Middle Dutch wagen "wagon;" see wagon). Sense of "cart or other conveyance" first recorded 1650s.
  • noun machine used for transportation
  • noun means of attaining end
Example sentences :
  • Vast crowds lined the route, afoot and in every kind of vehicle.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The buck-board is the only vehicle possible over these mountain-roads.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • In the vehicle in which I drove to the station the kind man had put a basket of food.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I got out of the vehicle with the infirmary attendant and his assistant.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Once our vehicle entered an elevator and was let down a brief distance.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • I had the driver tie my horse behind the vehicle and resume the lines.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • He sprang into the vehicle, and was driven off to the station.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The ballet at Reisenburg was not merely a vehicle for the display of dancing.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • It was fortunate that we were the only persons in the vehicle.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
  • A head, half-severed from its trunk, hung over the side of the vehicle.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for vehicle

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