car

Less common meanings

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   railroad loadnouncountable

   An amount of goods big enough to fill one railroad car.

   The farm sold a whole car of corn to the mill last fall.

   It took two cars of gravel to fix the washed-out road.

   UsageSay a car of coal or a carload.

   Similarcarload, wagonload

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   vehicle qualitiesnouncolloquialUSuncountable

   All the good qualities of a vehicle, such as power, comfort, and style, taken together.

   You get a lot of car for your money with this model.

   That sports model is too much car for a new driver.

   UsageSay a lot of car, with no a before car.

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   cartnounarchaic

   A vehicle with wheels pulled by a horse or other animal, like a cart or chariot.

   He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled Like holy Phoebus’ car.

   c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”Here, car means a chariot, a vehicle with wheels pulled by horses.

   In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of AphrodisiacsHere, car means a chariot or cart pulled by animals, here by birds.

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   nounobsoleteUK

   A horse-drawn taxi with four wheels, once used in Birmingham, England.

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   noun

   A small sliding part on a boat that moves along a track.
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   nounslangUS

   In prison, a group of prisoners who stick together and protect each other.
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    nounUS

    A box with holes that floats in the water and keeps fish alive.
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    noun

    In the Lisp computer language, the first item in a pair or list.