vehicle (n.)

  1. a conveyance that transports people or objects

  2. 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'

  3. any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

  4. 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

    [ Syn: fomite ]

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