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car

Pronunciation: /kɑː/
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Definition of car

noun

  • a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal-combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people:we’re going by car [as modifier]:a car crash
  • a railway carriage or (North American) wagon:the first-class cars
  • the passenger compartment of a lift, cableway, or balloon: he was in the lift when the car stuck
  • literary a chariot.

Derivatives

carful

noun (plural carfuls)

Origin:

late Middle English (in the general sense 'wheeled vehicle'): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin

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