car
The definition of a car is an automobile or the part of an elevator, train, etc. that carries people or freight.
(noun)- An example of car is a Honda Civic.
- An example of car is what people sit in on a train.
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See car in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- any vehicle on wheels
- Old Poet. a chariot
- ☆ a vehicle that moves on rails, as a streetcar
- an automobile
- ☆ elevator ()
- the part of a balloon or airship for carrying people and equipment
Origin: ME & NormFr carre < L carrum, carrus, orig., two-wheeled Celtic war chariot < Gaul carros (OIr carr) < IE *ṛsos < base *ers-, to run > L currere, to run, cursus, course
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See car in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An automobile.
- A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails: a railroad car.
- A boxlike enclosure for passengers and freight on a conveyance: an elevator car.
- The part of a balloon or airship that carries people and cargo.
- Archaic A chariot, carriage, or cart.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English carre, cart
Origin: , from Old North French
Origin: , from Latin carra
Origin: , pl. of carrus, carrum, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots
. abbreviation
carat
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