car
1an automobile.
a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph.
Archaic. cart; carriage.
Origin of car
1Other words from car
- carless, adjective
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computer-assisted retrieval.
Origin of CAR
3Other definitions for car. (4 of 4)
carat; carats.
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How to use car in a sentence
Focusing on end-of-lease inspections, used car inspections, and rental car return inspections first.
Here are the 19 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator Demo Day XXV today | Greg Kumparak | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchApple has provided test versions of iOS 14—which contains a wealth of other new features including tools to organize your screen or even start your car—to some users since the summer, but is now rolling out the feature to all iPhone owners.
iPhone’s new ‘orange dot’ feature warns you when an app is listening | Jeff | September 17, 2020 | FortuneIn the backseat, as our car made its way along the turnpike, I tried them, throwing the shells out the window.
GM has developed a new family of modular drive units called Ultium Drive that it will mix and match in cars, crossovers, SUVs, and trucks.
This is GM’s new series of Ultium Drive electric motors | Jonathan M. Gitlin | September 17, 2020 | Ars TechnicaFlames that enter communities and burn up electronics, cars, and industrial equipment can release metals and chemicals.
California wildfires may give way to massive mudslides | Ula Chrobak | September 17, 2020 | Popular-Science
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre | Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTA Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettThere he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAt six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
British Dictionary definitions for car (1 of 2)
/ (kɑː) /
Also called: motorcar, automobile a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine
(as modifier): car coat
a conveyance for passengers, freight, etc, such as a cable car or the carrier of an airship or balloon
British a railway vehicle for passengers only, such as a sleeping car or buffet car
mainly US and Canadian a railway carriage or van
mainly US the enclosed platform of a lift
a poetic word for chariot
Origin of car
1British Dictionary definitions for CAR (2 of 2)
compound annual return
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