vehicle
noun
[ ˈviːɪk(ə)l ]
• a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart.
• "the vehicle was sent skidding across the road"
Similar:
automobile,
motor vehicle,
motorized vehicle,
means of transport,
conveyance,
machine,
wheels,
heap,
crate,
jalopy,
auto,
hooptie,
• a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something.
• "I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas"
Similar:
channel,
medium,
means,
means of expression,
agency,
agent,
instrument,
mechanism,
organ,
apparatus,
structure,
machine,
machinery,
force,
catalyst,
route,
avenue,
course,
technique,
method,
approach,
• a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.
• "a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood's hottest properties"
• a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.
Origin:
early 17th century: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’.
