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
Zelenskyy nixed the usual motorcar parade to walk among the throng that elected him, taking selfies with people along the way.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2022
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
All the servants crowded around the motorcar, looking at their faces in the polished metal, admiring the curtained windows, the velvet seats.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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