Coach

Quick meaning: Coach is a noun meaning A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

Meaning

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

More Meanings

1. (rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
2. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
3. (British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
4. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
5. (intransitive, sports) To train.
6. (chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
7. (chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Example Sentences

public coach

football coach

spelling coach

politics coach

Word Forms

• coaches
• coaching
• coached

Synonyms for coach

Depending on context, synonyms include carriage, train, omnibus, handler, manager, jitney.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include four-in-hand, charabanc, carriage, motorcoach, motorbus, autobus.

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