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| car [ kaar ] (plural cars) |
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1. automobiles passenger-carrying road vehicle: a road vehicle, usually with four wheels and powered by an internal-combustion engine, designed to carry a small number of passengers
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2. rail vehicle on rails: a vehicle designed to run on rails, e.g. a streetcar or a railroad car
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3. transportation traveling compartment for people or things: the part of an airship, balloon, or cable car for carrying passengers and cargo
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4. elevator: the box-shaped container of an elevator in which people or goods are carried up or down
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5. vehicles
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archaic or literary
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Same as chariot
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman, Old French carre< Latin carrum, carrus< Celtic] |
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  car·ful noun |
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