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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

carat(s)

See car in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(kär)

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.

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