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all-terrain

all-terrain adjective: suited to various types of terrain.

Adjective

all-terrain (not comparable)

  1. Suited to various types of terrain.
    • Armatures are quadruped all-terrain heavy weapons platforms, akin to the armored fighting vehicles of other races. Geth being synthetic intelligences, armatures are not crewed vehicles, but intelligent entities, capable of independent decision-making and learning.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Geth: Armatures Codex entry
    • the final assembly of which occurs in the U.S. For the purposes of the deduction, an applicable passenger vehicle also includes all-terrain vehicles and recreational vehicles which the final assembly of which occurs in the U.S. The deduction is allowed from tax years 2025 through 2028.2025 May, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 13
    Synonyms:
    off-road

Synonyms of all-terrain

Origin of all-terrain

From all- + terrain.

Words formed from all-terrain

Phrases with all-terrain

Questions about all-terrain

What does all-terrain mean?
All-terrain means suited to various types of terrain.
What part of speech is all-terrain?
All-terrain is an adjective.

Words near all-terrain in the dictionary

  1. all-singing-and-dancing
  2. all-sliming
  3. all-star
  4. all-stars
  5. all-state
  6. all-terrain
  7. all-terrain vehicle
  8. all-terrain vehicles
  9. all-through school
  10. all-through schools
  11. all-ticket

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