car
see also: Car, CAR
Pronunciation Noun
Car
Proper noun
CAR
Proper noun
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see also: Car, CAR
Pronunciation Noun
car (plural cars)
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.
- She drove her car to the mall.
- Synonyms: auto, motorcar, vehicle, automobile, motor, carriage
- (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play), London: William Jones,
- It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
- Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
- As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
- With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 8,
- He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled
- Like holy Phoebus’ car.
- (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II (play), London: William Jones,
- (rail transport, chiefly, North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
- The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
- Synonyms: railcar, wagon
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not. - From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
- Synonyms: carload, wagonload
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
- Synonyms: carriage
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- Synonyms: gondola, basket
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- See also Thesaurus:automobile
- French: voiture, auto, automobile, char (Canada)
- German: Auto, Automobil, Wagen, PKW, Karre
- Italian: macchina, auto, automobile, autovettura
- Portuguese: carro, viatura, automóvel
- Russian: маши́на
- Spanish: coche (especially Mexico), automóvil (formal usage), auto (especially Argentina), carro (Caribbean Islands), máquina (Cuba)
car (plural cars)
- (obsolete) A turn.
- 1609 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 7,
- But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,
- Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day, (after the sun reaches the zenith it, with a weary turn, begins to reel ("to roll") (downwards))
- 1609 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 7,
car (plural cars)
- (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list
- Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :
- The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.
- Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :
Car
Proper noun
- The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").
- (language) Car Nicobarese
CAR
Proper noun
- Initialism of Central African Republic
- (sports) Abbreviation of Carolina#English|Carolina. North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America
- Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region
car (uncountable)
- (uncountable, chemistry) Abbreviation of carnitine#English|carnitine.
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