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ve·hi·cle  audio  (v-kl) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. A device or structure for transporting persons or things; a conveyance: a space vehicle.
    2. A self-propelled conveyance that runs on tires; a motor vehicle.
  2. A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished: His novels are a vehicle for his political views.
  3. The concrete or specific word or phrase that is applied to the tenor of a metaphor and gives the metaphor its figurative power, as walking shadow in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).
  4. A play, role, or piece of music used to display the special talents of one performer or company.
  5. A substance of no therapeutic value used to convey an active medicine for administration.
  6. A substance, such as oil, in which paint pigments are mixed for application.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin vehiculum, from vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots


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