station wagon
noun
an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
RELATED CONTENT
Nearby words
statin, station, station agent, station break, station house, station wagon, station-to-station, stationary, stationary engine, stationary engineer, stationary front
Origin of station wagon
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Also called, especially British, estate car.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for station wagon
The Packard sedan had not been moved, but the station-wagon was facing in the opposite direction.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam PiperMy good old Dobbin has to pull Mother's station-wagon, too, you know, which is bad for his gaits.
Why Joan?|Eleanor Mercein Kelly
British Dictionary definitions for station wagon
station wagon
noun
US, Canadian, Australian, NZ and Southern African 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 spaceBritish term: estate car
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012