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FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-wheel drive mean? 

FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE (noun)
  The noun FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE has 2 senses:

1. a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission systemplay

2. a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicleplay

  Familiarity information: FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

4WD; four-wheel drive

Hypernyms ("four-wheel drive" is a kind of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

4WD; four-wheel drive

Hypernyms ("four-wheel drive" is a kind of...):

transmission; transmission system (the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle)


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