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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A substance in which medicine is taken. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a conveyance that transports people or objects Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a medium for the expression or achievement of something Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. 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 Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 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.) A substance in which medicine is taken. 4. (Paint.) 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
  10. 10. n:100 n. a conveyance that transports people or objects n. a medium for the expression or achievement of something n. any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it Source: ecdict

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