four-wheel

Or four-wheeled

[fawr-hweel, -weel, fohr-]

adjective

1. having four wheels.

2. functioning on or driven by four wheels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-wheel¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

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

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

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We rented a four-wheel drive van and stayed in Mariposa.

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"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.

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Thousands of Angelenos reside in vehicles, and while Mayor Karen Bass has focused on housing homeless people living in tent encampments, finding places for families and individuals sleeping in four-wheel shelters has proved much harder.

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