Car - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kɑːr|  American pronunciation of the word car
Brit.  |kɑː|  British pronunciation of the word car

noun

- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine (syn: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar)
he needs a car to get to work
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad (syn: railcar)
three cars had jumped the rails
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant (syn: gondola)
- where passengers ride up and down
the car was on the top floor
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
they took a cable car to the top of the mountain

Extra examples

I'll wait in the car.

He got into the car and drove away.

She bought a new car.

She backed the car into the garage.

I've left my bag in the car.

I always go to work by car.

Dan got out of the car and locked the door.

He isn't old enough to drive a car.

Cars were parked on both sides of the road.

You really ought to walk a bit more, rather than taking the car everywhere.

Coughlan was killed in a car accident.

Car crime is the fastest-growing crime.

Police cars circled the building.

Word forms

noun
singular: car
plural: cars
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