motorcar
Americannoun
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a more formal word for car
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a self-propelled electric railway car
Etymology
Origin of motorcar
Example Sentences
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Her style, which she described as “clear painting,” looks backward to mannerism and forward to futurism and has a high-gloss sheen to it, like the chrome plating of a motorcar.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The firehouse has a proud history, including in 1929 buying the town's first motorcar: a flame-red Model A.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020
The firehouse has a proud history, including in 1929 buying the town’s first motorcar: a flame-red Model A.
From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2020
But as the steam engine gave way to the motorcar in the 1920s, the building found another new life: Thomas J. Crowell’s fuel and auto body shop.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017
“If I’d tried to get everything I ever wanted, Will, I’d have asked for a diamond necklace and a motorcar and—”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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