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ve·hi·cle / ˈvēəkəl; ˈvēˌhikəl/ • n. 1. a thing used for transporting people or goods, esp. on land, such as a car, truck, or cart. 2. a thing used to express, embody, or fulfill something: I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas. ∎  a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it. ∎  the figurative language used in a metaphor, as distinct from the metaphor's subject. Often contrasted with tenor2 (sense 1). ∎  a film, television program, song, etc., that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.DERIVATIVES: ve·hic·u·lar / vēˈhikyələr/ adj. (in sense 1).

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