estate car

American

noun

British.

station wagon.

estate car British

noun

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

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estate car

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

The monarch, 95, was photographed in a headscarf and sunglasses behind the wheel of a green Jaguar estate car.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021

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

"We only did that so we could fit the entire band and all our gear in an estate car," Singh deadpans.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2011

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