motorcar
Chiefly British. an automobile.
Railroads. a self-propelled car for freight or passengers.
Origin of motorcar
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How to use motorcar in a sentence
You can make a better horse carriage, but eventually it takes a radical innovation to make a motorcar—otherwise progress stalls.
“I would build a motorcar for the great multitudes,” he proclaimed.
Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit | Daniel Gross | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuddenly, the modern world is really beginning: the movies and a much, much wider use of the motorcar, and all of those things.
When the original edition of the “Great North Road” was published—in 1901—the motorcar was yet a new thing.
The Great North Road: London to York | Charles G. HarperIt was only a little distance to the bank, but Lewis insisted on making the journey in a motorcar which stood at the curb.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. Sinclair
And I'd give you a motorcar of your own to get about in and pay your visits; and there are good stables if you want to ride.
The Honour of the Clintons | Archibald MarshallNot only are the transportation conditions different, but the motorcar industry in the country is on a different basis.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly MillerThe woman motorcar driver has made her appearance in the zone of the army.
The Stars & Stripes, Vol 1, No 1, February 8, 1918 | American Expeditionary Forces
British Dictionary definitions for motorcar
/ (ˈməʊtəˌkɑː) /
a more formal word for car (def. 1)
a self-propelled electric railway car
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