Car

/kɑː/ · noun

Meaning

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus..

Definitions by Sense

1. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
2. (archaic) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
3. Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
4. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
5. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
6. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
7. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
8. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

Example Sentences

in a car

He drove his car to the theatre.

He was thinking about buying a brand new car.

I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.

If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.

Then, of course, there are the cars themselves. The most valuable classic car ever sold at auction was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that sold for more than $48 million in 2018. Of the top ten most valuable cars ever sold at auction, six are Ferraris.

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.

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• cars
• carr

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