noun
vehicle
VEE-uh-kuhl/ˈviːəkl/
A means of carrying people or things from place to place.
This delivery vehicle carries boxes from one place to another.
Etymology
Latin vehiculum named a means of transport, from a verb meaning ‘carry.’ English vehicle initially meant any means of conveying something, then developed the concrete sense of a conveyance carrying people or goods.
In context
when people get to drive an electric vehicle i think they're going to find that they're not giving anything up
More examples
- Only emergency vehicles can enter this road.
- We need a larger vehicle to move the furniture.
- Electric vehicles stop here to recharge.
Forms
vehicle · vehicles
vehicular adjective — Relating to vehicles or their use.
Similar words
- conveyance
- A more formal term for a means of transportation.
- car
- Specifically a road vehicle mainly used to carry people.