'Vehicle' definitions:
Definition of 'vehicle'
From: WordNet
noun
A conveyance that transports people or objects
noun
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"
noun
Any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
noun
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 [syn: fomite, vehicle]
Definition of 'Vehicle'
From: GCIDE
- Vehicle \Ve"hi*cle\, n. [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. [1913 Webster]
- A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly. --Wirt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Pharm.) A substance in which medicine is taken. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Paint.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Chem.) A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'vehicle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agency,
- agent,
- ancilla,
- antimasque,
- appliance,
- audience success,
- backing,
- ballet,
- bibliofilm,
- bipack,
- black-and-white film,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- carrier,
- cartridge,
- channel,
- charade,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- chromogen,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- coat,
- coat of paint,
- coating,
- color,
- color film,
- color filter,
- color gelatin,
- color negative film,
- colorant,
- coloring,
- comedy drama,
- conduit,
- contrivance,
- conveyance,
- creature,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dead-color,
- device,
- dialogue,
- distemper,
- documentary drama,
- dope,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- drier,
- dry plate,
- dummy,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- dupe,
- dye,
- dyestuff,
- emulsion,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- exterior paint,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- film,
- flat coat,
- flat wash,
- floor enamel,
- flop,
- frame,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- go-between,
- Grand Guignol,
- ground,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- implement,
- improvisational drama,
- instrument,
- instrumentality,
- interagent,
- interior paint,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- legitimate drama,
- lever,
- masque,
- mean,
- means,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- melodrama,
- microfilm,
- midwife,
- minion,
- ministry,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monochromatic film,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- motion-picture film,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- negative,
- opaque color,
- opera,
- organ,
- orthochromatic film,
- pack,
- pageant,
- paint,
- panchromatic film,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- pawn,
- photographic paper,
- piece,
- pigment,
- plate,
- play,
- playlet,
- plaything,
- prime coat,
- primer,
- priming,
- printing paper,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- puppet,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- roll,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- servant,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- slave,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- sound film,
- sound track,
- sound-on-film,
- soundstripe,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stain,
- stooge,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- tempera,
- theater of cruelty,
- thinner,
- tinction,
- tincture,
- Tom show,
- tool,
- total theater,
- toy,
- transparent color,
- transport,
- transportation,
- tripack,
- turpentine,
- turps,
- undercoat,
- undercoating,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- wash,
- wash coat,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
Words containing 'Vehicle'
- Vehicled,
- amphibious vehicle,
- armored vehicle,
- armoured vehicle,
- automotive vehicle,
- military vehicle,
- motor vehicle,
- passenger vehicle,
- reconnaissance vehicle,
- recreational vehicle,
- space vehicle,
- tracked vehicle,
- vehicle traffic,
- wheeled vehicle,
- armored combat vehicle,
- armoured combat vehicle,
- sport utility vehicle,
- test instrument vehicle,
- air-cushioned vehicle,
- horse-drawn vehicle,
- self-propelled vehicle,
- vehicle-borne transmission