armoured combat vehicle
noun
Simple meaning
An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɑɹmɚdkɑmbætvihɪkəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
British spellingmilitary
An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.
British spellingmilitary
An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: (British spelling, military) An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.
Used this way, armoured combat vehicle is a word tied to one variety of English that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Regional
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
Mainly used in British English, so it may read as unusual elsewhere.
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