Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country; amountain bike.

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  • noun idiomatic A vehicle that is designed to drive off the road.

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  • noun a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country

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Examples

  • This feature, while it makes so much sense on paper and seems like it should be almost a given for any off-roader, is rarely found these days because of its cost and complexity and weight (three things car-makers try to avoid at all costs ... to save costs).

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • I don't know if we'll be saying the same thing in 30 years about the Outlander, but in a world of too-alike and too-boring crossovers, with overwrought interiors all trying to out-velour each other, Outlander is a fun, good-looking, safe and capable off-roader with the kind of true four-wheel drive system which almost no one offers anymore.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • I don't know if we'll be saying the same thing in 30 years about the Outlander, but in a world of too-alike and too-boring crossovers, with overwrought interiors all trying to out-velour each other, Outlander is a fun, good-looking, safe and capable off-roader with the kind of true four-wheel drive system which almost no one offers anymore.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • This feature, while it makes so much sense on paper and seems like it should be almost a given for any off-roader, is rarely found these days because of its cost and complexity and weight (three things car-makers try to avoid at all costs ... to save costs).

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • This feature, while it makes so much sense on paper and seems like it should be almost a given for any off-roader, is rarely found these days because of its cost and complexity and weight (three things car-makers try to avoid at all costs ... to save costs).

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • This feature, while it makes so much sense on paper and seems like it should be almost a given for any off-roader, is rarely found these days because of its cost and complexity and weight (three things car-makers try to avoid at all costs ... to save costs).

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • I don't know if we'll be saying the same thing in 30 years about the Outlander, but in a world of too-alike and too-boring crossovers, with overwrought interiors all trying to out-velour each other, Outlander is a fun, good-looking, safe and capable off-roader with the kind of true four-wheel drive system which almost no one offers anymore.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • I don't know if we'll be saying the same thing in 30 years about the Outlander, but in a world of too-alike and too-boring crossovers, with overwrought interiors all trying to out-velour each other, Outlander is a fun, good-looking, safe and capable off-roader with the kind of true four-wheel drive system which almost no one offers anymore.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • This feature, while it makes so much sense on paper and seems like it should be almost a given for any off-roader, is rarely found these days because of its cost and complexity and weight (three things car-makers try to avoid at all costs ... to save costs).

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

  • I don't know if we'll be saying the same thing in 30 years about the Outlander, but in a world of too-alike and too-boring crossovers, with overwrought interiors all trying to out-velour each other, Outlander is a fun, good-looking, safe and capable off-roader with the kind of true four-wheel drive system which almost no one offers anymore.

    Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle Steve Parker 2010

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