estate car

American  

noun

British.

1. station wagon.

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estate car British  

noun

1. Also called (esp US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ): station wagon.  a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space

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Etymology

Origin of estate car

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Officers said she was reportedly seen getting into a dark estate car near the Angel Pub before driving away.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023

Mr. el-Kabashi told me he made his fortune in real estate, car dealerships and a cargo business in Dubai.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

He disguised their blue Renault Laguna estate car in the style of a first-response ambulance and jumped behind the wheel.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2015

Ruby, who was in the rear of the estate car, was taken by air ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford as a precaution.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2014

James, who will be 40 on 1 August, is a 6ft 4in sometime Armani model, a frequent contributor of thoughtful columns to the Observer, and owns an estate car that runs on rapeseed oil.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010