recreational vehicle

noun

: a vehicle designed for recreational use (as in camping)
especially : motor home

Examples of recreational vehicle in a Sentence

sales of recreational vehicles typically go down when gas prices go up
Recent Examples on the Web Interest rates influence some consumer spending, primarily cars, recreational vehicles and boats, but also to a lesser extent furniture and appliances. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 The group arrived at about 8 p.m. Friday local time and merged onto a two-lane rural road, creating a long queue of mostly personal or rented cars and recreational vehicles. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024 Idaho State Parks & Recreation will be on site allowing guests to book campsites and have your recreational vehicles registered or renewed. Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 About a quarter of those attending sleep in a trailer or recreational vehicle, but real burners sleep in tents. Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024 Two deteriorating recreational vehicles and a trailer were parked in the lot, surrounded by piles of bicycle parts, scrap metal and other debris. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023 Last July, the county declared the marina property a nuisance due to code violations and removed all trailers, recreational vehicles, boats, the unpermitted electrical system, tires, batteries, car parts, construction equipment, junk, garbage and other debris at a cost of $100,858. Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024 Try your hand at axe-throwing plus tour recreational vehicles and electric bikes. Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 The neighborhood surrounding Hunters Point is among the lowest-income areas of San Francisco, a place where homeless people shelter in tents and rundown recreational vehicles. Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of recreational vehicle was in 1949

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Cite this Entry

“Recreational vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recreational%20vehicle. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

recreational vehicle

noun
: a vehicle designed for recreational use (as in camping)
especially : motor home

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