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four-wheel

American

[fawr-hweel, -weel, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌʰwil, -ˌwil, ˈfoʊr- /

Or four-wheeled

adjective

having four wheels.
functioning on or driven by four wheels.

Etymology

Origin of four-wheel

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

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Few people know that, at one time, Vespa tried to build an everyday four-wheel car.

From The Wall Street Journal

Our four-wheel drive vehicle struggled up the steep road the Cambodians have built to climb the cliff.

From BBC

New South Wales police said on Friday that one man was missing after his four-wheel drive was swept into a fast-flowing river.

From BBC

The rental van was four-wheel drive, but I creeped.

From Los Angeles Times

"Farmers get a lot of stick, with some believing that the life of a farmer is all about driving four-wheel drives, going shooting every other day and fox hunting," he added.

From BBC

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