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station wagon Definition

☆ station wagon

noun

an automobile with more cargo space than a comparable sedan model, two or four doors, a rear seat that folds down, and a rear door hinged in various ways

station wagon Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • buy: Ninety percent of them go straight to the biggest dealership and buy station wagons or off-road vehicles.

Adjective modifier

  • American: Their brief was to create a vehicle more spacious, versatile and economical than the traditional North American station wagon.
  • early: Early station wagons, however, evolved from trucks and were viewed as Commercial Vehicles, not consumer automobiles.
  • old: A guy pulls up in a beat up old station wagon to offer a lift.
  • burned-out: Two days later their burned-out station wagon was discovered on a lonely road, but the men were nowhere to be found.
  • traditional: Their brief was to create a vehicle more spacious, versatile and economical than the traditional North American station wagon.

Modifies a noun

  • model: Michigan for instance station wagon models such innovation accidents there are.
  • version: HPE Short for High Performance Estate, a name used by Lancia for a station wagon version of their Beta model.

Noun used with modifier

  • family: Journeys sitting in the back of the family station wagon, elbowing siblings and squabbling, looking out into the darkness watching for eyes.