"four-wheeler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: four-wheelers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} four-wheeler (plural four-wheelers)
  1. A horse-drawn hackney cab with four wheels, as opposed to a hansom or dogcart . Categories (topical): Vehicles
    Sense id: en-four-wheeler-en-noun-1bYEY6OQ Disambiguation of Vehicles: 51 34 15
  2. A four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle; a quad bike.
    Sense id: en-four-wheeler-en-noun-entuLjWL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 57 13
  3. Any vehicle with four wheels. Translations (vehicle with four wheels): vierwieler [masculine] (Dutch), nelipyöräinen (Finnish), quattroruote [feminine] (Italian), firehjulsvogn [common-gender] (Norwegian), fyrhjuling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-four-wheeler-en-noun-tlQx-ihl Disambiguation of 'vehicle with four wheels': 35 10 55

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for four-wheeler meaning in English (2.9kB)

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