four-wheel drive
noun
a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
four-wheel drives
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pluralof four-wheel drive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For 36 years, Dave Marquart was part of a small team that monitored wetlands rimming Mono Lake, places so inaccessible even four-wheel drives can get stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
CANBERRA, Australia — The first of 20 Bushmaster armored vehicles has left Australia for Ukraine, one week after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy specifically requested the Australian-manufactured four-wheel drives.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
For light trucks — which include bigger and heavier SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, minivans and four-wheel drives — the required average fuel economy that year is just over 42 miles per gallon.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
“One category that really emerged last year was the increased demand for classic trucks and four-wheel drives — Scouts, Broncos, Blazers, Land Cruisers and old farm pickup trucks,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
"The challenge is road access; it's still not accessible to trucks and four-wheel drives," Udaya Regmi, of the International Red Cross, told Reuters news agency.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2018
