Vehicles

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A ship is a large vehicle that travels on the sea. Ships can be powered by sails, like the ship in the picture, or powered by engines. Modern freight ships can carry an enormous amount of cargo.

Andrew Gray / CC BY-SA

Sis forSkateboard

Toys & games, Vehicles

A skateboard is a piece of wood with wheels underneath. You stand on the skateboard and push with one foot to make it go forwards, or just stand on it if you are on a slope.
People can do lots of tricks on skateboards, like jumping and twisting. On a large skateboard ramp people can even flip right over in the air.

Oscar E. / CC BY-SA

Sis forSled

Vehicles

A sled, sledge or sleigh is a vehicle that moves along by sliding. Sleds usually have thin runners underneath instead of wheels. Sleds work best on ice or snow. Sleds are usually pulled along by an animal like a horse or husky, but you can also slide in a sled by yourself if you are going down a slope. People often call a sled pulled by horses or deer a sleigh, a sled pulled by dogs a sled and a sled you slide yourself a toboggan.

Pete Markham / CC BY-SA

Sis forSleigh

Vehicles

A sleigh is a large sled that can hold multiple people. Sleighs are used to transport people or things across snow and ice. Sleighs are usually pulled by horses.

Pete Markham / CC BY-SA

Photo of a space shuttle on the launchpad

Sis forSpace shuttle

Astronomy, Vehicles

A space shuttle is a vessel that can be used to take people and objects like satellites out into orbit around the Earth. Space shuttles use a huge amount of fuel to break the forces of gravity holding them down.

NASA image and video library / Public Domain

Sis forStagecoach

Vehicles

A stagecoach is a type of carriage used to transport people from one town to another.

Long ago, stagecoaches ran on a regular schedule and made stops along the way for passengers and supplies.

Wolfgang Pöppel / Pixabay License

Sis forSteamroller

Vehicles

A steamroller, or road roller, is a heavy vehicle used for flattening the ground. It has one or two very large, very heavy wheels that level out whatever surface the roller is moving over.

Björn Láczay / CC BY-SA

Sis forSubmarine

Nautical, Vehicles

A submarine is a seafaring vessel that can completely submerge for long periods of time. Some submarines can stay under water for 6 months at a time. Submarines are used for exploring, and by the Navy.

DVIDS / Public domain

Sis forSulky

Vehicles

A sulky is a small, two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. It is used for driving or racing horses.

fdecomite / CC BY-SA

Tis forTank (Vehicle)

Military, Vehicles

A tank is a vehicle used by the military. Tanks are heavily armoured to protect the people inside them, and they have a large gun that can rotate in any direction. Tanks have tracks instead of tyres, so they can travel over almost any kind of landscape.

DVIDS / Public domain

Tis forTaxi

Jobs, Vehicles

If you want to go somewhere in a city and you don't have a car or don't want to catch a bus, you take a taxi. Taxi cabs are cars, usually painted a special colour and with a sign on them, that can be hired. The taxi driver will drive you where ever you want to go as long as you pay them.

Kevin Gessner / CC BY-SA

Tis forToboggan

Vehicles

A toboggan is a small sled that one or two people can fit on. Toboggans don't have runners, they have a smooth bottom instead and the whole bottom of the toboggan sits on the snow.

Scott / CC BY-SA

Tis forTractor

Agriculture, Vehicles

A tractor is a big vehicle usually driven by farmers. Tractors are used to pull ploughs and harvesters, and for pulling wagons full of hay or other loads. Tractors can be used for pulling other vehicles out of mud if they get stuck.
Tractors are designed to run on mud and dirt not smooth roads, which is why their back wheels are so big and have tyres with such deep tread.

Matthew Baron / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrailer

Vehicles

A trailer is a vehicle with wheels but without a motor that attaches to a car or truck to help you move things to another place.

Nick Taylor / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrain

Vehicles

A train is a rail vehicle. It is usually made up of a large number of carriages that carry either people or goods, and one or more engines that pull it along the rails.

Nigel Hoult / CC BY-SA

Tis forTram

Vehicles

A tram, or streetcar is a kind of small train that also runs on railway tracks. Trams are typically seen in suburban streets instead of trains or buses.

Brenna DiMella / Public domain

Tis forTricycle

Vehicles

A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. Tricycles are normally powered by you pedalling. They are good for children because they do not fall over as easily as a bicycle.

Kelly / CC BY-SA

Tis forTrolley

Vehicles

A trolley is a type of wheeled cart used to move things around. Trolleys don't have their own motor, and can range from being small enough to push yourself, like a shopping trolley, up to industrial sized trolleys used to move cargo.

Tis forTruck

Vehicles

A truck is a very large vehicle that is driven on roads. It is used to transport large amounts of goods over very long distances.

flightlog / CC BY-SA

Generated image of a UFO (I couldn't find a good real one)

Uis forUFO

Vehicles

UFO stands for unidentified flying object. Usually when people say UFO or flying saucer they mean a visiting alien spaceship. Most UFO sightings are eventually identified to be something ordinary, like a weather balloon, an ordinary airplane or a strange cloud.

Photographic Dictionary / Generated illustration