Car (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an automobile.
  2. a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
  3. the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
  4. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
  5. a chariot, as of war or triumph.
  6. cart; carriage.
adjective Chiefly Scot.
  1. left-handed.
  2. sinister.
  1. computer-assisted retrieval.
abbreviation
  1. carat; carats.
noun
    • a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine
    • (as modifier)
  1. a conveyance for passengers, freight, etc, such as a cable car or the carrier of an airship or balloon
  2. a railway vehicle for passengers only, such as a sleeping car or buffet car
  3. a railway carriage or van
  4. the enclosed platform of a lift
  5. a poetic word for chariot
abbreviation for
  1. compound annual return
Car (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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