car
see also: Car, CAR
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /kɑː/
  • (America) IPA: /kɑɹ/
Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. 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
  2. (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.
    1. (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
  3. (rail transport, chiefly, North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
    The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
    Synonyms: railcar, wagon
  4. (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.
  5. (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.
  6. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
    We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
    Synonyms: carload, wagonload
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
    Synonyms: gondola, basket
  10. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
  11. (uncountable, US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
    Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
  12. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Synonyms Related terms Translations Translations Translations
  • German: Kabine
  • Italian: cabina
  • Portuguese: elevador (passenger), monta-cargas (cargo)
  • Russian: каби́на
Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. (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))
Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. (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.
Antonyms Related terms
Car
Proper noun
  1. The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").
Synonyms
  • (language) Car Nicobarese

CAR
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of Central African Republic
  2. (sports) Abbreviation of Carolina#English|Carolina. North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America
  3. Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region
Noun

car (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, chemistry) Abbreviation of carnitine#English|carnitine.
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