bicycle
has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] (transportation) a cycle that has two wheels; moved by foot pedals
Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)But whenever a major purchase was contemplated forty years ago - a new bedroom_set or a winter coat , an Easter bonnet , a bicycle for Junior - the family set_off for the downtown department_store , where the selection would be greatest . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)He sensed something precious in the perilous moment , something akin to the knowledge gained on his bicycle trip through the French countryside , a knowledge imprisoned in speechlessness . With leather cups fitted in his handlebars , he steered his bicycle . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Bicycle gear-sets he had once used as the basis of the design for the Camden_Cycly_Company plant hung on a rope in one corner , and over his desk , next to several old and dusty hats , was a clean pair of roller_skates which he occasionally used up_and_down front of his house . |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a shortened version of `bicycle' or `tricycle' or `motorcycle'
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