any conveyance in or by which people or objects are transported, esp one fitted with wheels
2.
a medium for the expression, communication, or achievement of ideas, information, power, etc
3. pharmacology
a therapeutically inactive substance mixed with the active ingredient to give bulk to a medicine
4. Also called: base
a painting medium, such as oil, in which pigments are suspended
5.
(in the performing arts) a play, musical composition, etc, that enables a particular performer to display his or her talents
6.
a rocket excluding its payload
voiture in American English
(vwɑːˈtur, -ˈtjur, French vwaˈtʏʀ)
nounWord forms: plural-tures (French -ˈtʏʀ)
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle
Word origin
[1690–1700; ‹ F ‹ L vectūra, equiv. to vect(us) (ptp. of vehere to carry) + -ūra-ure]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catamaran, freshen, migrate, momentum, smash-ure an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwordsfrom French and Latin. Other words that use the affix -ure include: nature, picture, quadrature, signature, structure
Examples of 'voiture' in a sentence
voiture
And the taxi driver's voiture stank of cigarettes.