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car

Syllabification: (car)
Pronunciation: /kär/
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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 railroad vehicle for passengers or freight:the first-class cars
  • the passenger compartment of an elevator, cableway, airship, or balloon.
  • literary a chariot.

Derivatives

carful

Pronunciation: /-ˌfo͝ol/
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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