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car

UK/kɑː/ US/kʰɑː/ very common slang uk us

noun

1.

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

  • “he needs a car to get to work”
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2.

a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

  • “three cars had jumped the rails”
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3.

a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

  • “they took a cable car to the top of the mountain”
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4.

car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

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5.

where passengers ride up and down

  • “the car was on the top floor”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.

Phrases

  • big car
  • buffer car
  • bump car
  • car alarm
  • car attendant
  • car barn
  • car battery
  • car body

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