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WHEELED VEHICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
Example:
the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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"):
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))
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wheeled vehicle"):
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)
scooter (child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot)
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)
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)
