car
/kɑː/ · noun
Meaning
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.
- A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
- An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
- An individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- A turn.
- The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
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