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car (kär)

noun

  1. any vehicle on wheels
  2. Old Poet. a chariot
  3. ☆ a vehicle that moves on rails, as a streetcar
  4. an automobile
  5. ☆ elevator ()
  6. the part of a balloon or airship for carrying people and equipment

Etymology: 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

car2 definition

car

carat(s)

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car Synonyms

car

n.

  1. An automobile

    auto, passenger car, motor car, wheels*; see automobile, vehicle 1.

  2. A railroad vehicle]. Kinds of railroad cars include: Pullman, sleeper, smoker, diner, dining, parlor, coach, boxcar, flatcar, goods wagon, caboose, mail, freight, baggage, coal, ore, lounge, bar, automobile, refrigerated, fruit, piggyback, stock, cattle, horse;


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car Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hire: Also, we do have the option of hiring a car or borrowing a friend's.

Preposition: with

  • gasoline: We're definitely a by volkswagen of car with gasoline.

Adjective modifier

  • classic: The Burnley and Pendle MGOC was formed in the late 1980's for local owners of these classic English sports cars.

Modifies a noun

  • park: Many events include a special car park for Badge holders.

Noun used with modifier

  • motor: The other set of brakes work in reverse to a conventional break system, such as that found in a motor car.
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car quotes

Would you buy a used car from this man?

-Anonymous

O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors. The north is thineöthere hast thou built thy dark Deep-founded habitation. Shake not thy roofs, Nor bend thy pillars with thine iron car.

-Blake,William

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

-Boycott, Geoffrey

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