Amphibious Vehicle (Noun)
Meaning
A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The company has been working on developing a new amphibious vehicle that can transport people and goods across rivers and lakes.
- The amphibious vehicle was able to drive out of the water and onto the beach, impressing the crowd at the boating festival.
- In the 1960s, the US military developed the first successful amphibious vehicle, which was used for transportation in swampy and flooded areas.
- The amphibious vehicle had a pair of retractable wheels that allowed it to navigate on both land and water.
- As a child, I was fascinated by the amphibious vehicle that my grandfather had built, which he used to travel across the nearby lake to go fishing.