VEHICLE

vehicle

(noun) a conveyance that transports people or objects

vehicle

(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”

fomite, vehicle

(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

vehicle

(noun) any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.

A medium for expression of talent or views.

A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. (FM 55-501).

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

An entity to achieve an end.

(Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

(Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

Synonyms

• (Hinduism): vahan

Hyponyms

• See also vehicle

Source: Wiktionary

Ve"hi*cle, n. Etym: [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.]

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.

2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly. Wirt.

3. (Pharm.)

Definition: A substance in which medicine is taken.

4. (Paint.)

Definition: Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition