RV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does RV mean? 

• RV (noun)
  The noun RV has 1 sense:

1. a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities

  Familiarity information: RV used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RV (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

R.V.; recreational vehicle; RV

Hypernyms ("RV" is a kind of...):

self-propelled vehicle (a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "RV"):

camper; camping bus; motor home (a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling)

beach buggy; dune buggy (a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes)

 Context examples 

They studied two different strains of reoviruses (T1L, which can infect the intestine, and T3D-RV, which was engineered to infect the intestine) in mice.

(Virus linked to food sensitivity, NIH)