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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle
noun
a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sport utility, S.U.V., SUV
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
History
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.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
