sport utility vehicle
sport utility vehicle noun: a passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
Noun
sport utility vehicle (plural sport utility vehicles)
- A passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
Forms of sport utility vehicle
| plural | sport utility vehicles |
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Origin of sport utility vehicle
Extant since the 1970s in the technical usage of the auto industry, where at the time it sometimes included a virgule as sport/utility vehicle; in common use among the general public since the early 1990s, when this class of vehicles first became widely popular as an alternative to station wagons and minivans.
Words formed from sport utility vehicle
Questions about sport utility vehicle
- What does sport utility vehicle mean?
- Sport utility vehicle means a passenger vehicle which combines the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan or station wagon together with on- or off-road ability.
- What part of speech is sport utility vehicle?
- Sport utility vehicle is a noun.
- What is the plural of sport utility vehicle?
- The plural of sport utility vehicle is sport utility vehicles.
Words near sport utility vehicle in the dictionary
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