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car

/kɑː/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data