WHEELED VEHICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheeled vehicle mean? 

• WHEELED VEHICLE (noun)
  The noun WHEELED VEHICLE has 1 sense:

1. a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people

  Familiarity information: WHEELED VEHICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEELED VEHICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC

Hypernyms ("wheeled vehicle" is a kind of...):

vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Meronyms (parts of "wheeled vehicle"):

splasher (a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud)

brake (a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle)

axle (a shaft on which a wheel rotates)

wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))

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

scooter (child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot)

welcome wagon (a wheeled vehicle carrying information and gifts from local merchants for new residents in an area)

coaster wagon; wagon (a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting)

waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)

monocycle; unicycle (a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals)

tricycle; trike; velocipede (a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals)

house trailer; trailer (a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy)

skateboard (a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot)

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

baby buggy; baby carriage; carriage; go-cart; perambulator; pram; pushchair; pusher; stroller (a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around)

rolling stock (collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier)

motor scooter; scooter (a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel)

horse-drawn vehicle (a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses)

cart; go-cart; handcart; pushcart (wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels)

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

boneshaker (any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable)

bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)