English noun: vehicle | |||
1. | vehicle (artifact) a conveyance that transports people or objects | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conveyance, transport | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bumper car, craft, Dodgem, military vehicle, projectile, road roller, rocket, skibob, sled, sledge, sleigh, steamroller, wheeled vehicle | ||
Part holonym | dashboard, splashboard, splasher | ||
2. | vehicle (communication) a medium for the expression or achievement of something | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | medium | ||
3. | vehicle (substance) any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it | ||
Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
4. | vehicle (object) 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 | ||
Synonyms | fomite | ||
Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||