MILITARY VEHICLE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does military vehicle mean? 

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

1. vehicle used by the armed forces

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARY VEHICLE (noun)

Meaning:

Vehicle used by the armed forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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

caisson (a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition)

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

military plane; warplane (an aircraft designed and used for combat)

troop carrier; troop transport (any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops)

technical (a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it)

armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank (an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)

reconnaissance vehicle; scout car (fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top)

picket (a vehicle performing sentinel duty)

personnel carrier (a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment)

half track (a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military)

weapons carrier (military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews)