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car
noun(car)a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
Examples:
He needs a car to get to work.
car
noun(car)the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
Synonyms: gondola,
car
noun(car)where passengers ride up and down
Synonyms: elevator car,
Examples:
The car was on the top floor.
car
noun(car)a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
Synonyms: railcar, railroad car, railway car,
Examples:
Three cars had jumped the rails.
car
noun(car)a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
Synonyms: cable car,
Examples:
They took a cable car to the top of the mountain.