n.
- a thing used for transporting people or goods on land, e.g. a car, truck, or cart.
- a means of expressing, embodying, or fulfilling something.
▸a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it.
- a film, programme, song, etc., intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.
Derivative
- vehicular
/vɪˈhɪkjʊlə/
adj.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. véhicule or L. vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’.