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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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
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
One of the Commodore’s men steps from the motorcar, still hatless, and asks where his could be.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2014
Marinetti's hot-headed poets and artists wrestled with the icon of the motorcar.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2014
And then I saw the servants reaching into the backseat of the motorcar and a man was slowly being lifted by both arms.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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