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单词 boxcar
释义

boxcar

1 of 2

noun

box·​car ˈbäks-ˌkär How to pronounce boxcar (audio)
: a roofed freight car usually with sliding doors in the sides

boxcar

2 of 2

adjective

: very large
the judge awarded her a boxcar figure

Synonyms

Adjective

  • big
  • biggish
  • bulky
  • considerable
  • goodly
  • grand
  • great
  • handsome
  • hefty
  • hulking
  • husky
  • large
  • largish
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • oversize
  • oversized
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • substantial
  • tidy
  • voluminous
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Example Sentences

Adjective a boxcar pile of paper
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Presumably, the interaction between wood and whiskey was heightened during the admittedly short journey, which is the point of this whiskey transportation trend, and temperature and humidity inside the boxcar must have played a part as well. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2022 Case in point: a Richard Neutra beauty shaped like a boxcar that’s selling for $8 million. Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 At Leon Bridges’ concert, some of those changes were in progress – including new awnings on concession stands, plywood where new signage will be placed and a new merchandise sales space, in a boxcar near the entrance. Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 9 May 2022 State’s deep roots with tubers pay off as demand sprouts; ‘this spud’s for you’ Gil LaJoie, co-owner of LaJoie Growers, uses a forklift to move potatoes onto a refrigerated boxcar at the company’s packing house in Van Buren, Maine. Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 As the train slowed to a stop, a boxcar derailed from the track, causing one tanker and seven additional boxcars to derail. Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2022 When a cryptocurrency transaction is made, another boxcar gets added to the train. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2021 One family lived in a boxcar, and in some houses the rooms were separated by nothing but tarpaper. Jill Abramson, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 When a cryptocurrency transaction is made, another boxcar gets added to the train. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2021
Adjective
As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn’t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022 The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 The Marian portions rove from Montana to Manhattan to Scotland and Antarctica, and read like a carnival of early 20th century American history, packed with bootleggers, treacherous boxcar rides, and tragic shipwrecks. Vogue, 29 May 2021 Dann and his father installed boxcar paneling with tongue-and-groove joints that flex when the camper is moving. Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2021 The boxcar life has its charms, as fans of Ming’s Noodle Bar have discovered in its life at The Yard at Olmos Park. Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from the high numbers stenciled on the sides of boxcars

First Known Use

Noun

1831, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1903, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

boxcar

noun

box·​car ˈbäks-ˌkär How to pronounce boxcar (audio)
: a roofed freight car usually having sliding doors in the sides

boxcar

adjective

as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind a boxcar pile of paper boxcar amounts of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • large
  • sizable
  • big
  • substantial
  • handsome
  • oversize
  • considerable
  • huge
  • hulking
  • tidy
  • great
  • husky
  • gigantic
  • oversized
  • grand
  • massive
  • colossal
  • vast
  • enormous
  • bumper
  • bulky
  • staggering
  • excessive
  • mammoth
  • goodly
  • outsize
  • hefty
  • largish
  • jumbo
  • cavernous
  • sizeable
  • voluminous
  • tremendous
  • monolithic
  • spacious
  • titanic
  • outsized
  • cosmic
  • walloping
  • elephantine
  • humongous
  • mountainous
  • leviathan
  • cyclopean
  • ample
  • biggish
  • galactic
  • monstrous
  • gargantuan
  • extravagant
  • major
  • astronomical
  • super
  • immense
  • thick
  • prodigious
  • monumental
  • whopping
  • supersized
  • humungous
  • whacking
  • Bunyanesque
  • king-sized
  • extreme
  • plentiful
  • stupendous
  • vasty
  • king-size
  • gross
  • heroic
  • fat
  • pharaonic
  • astronomic
  • hellacious
  • Brobdingnagian
  • capacious
  • commodious
  • roomy
  • copious
  • exorbitant
  • inordinate
  • herculean
  • immoderate
  • heroical
  • super-duper
  • abundant
  • appreciable
  • cosmical
  • Himalayan

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • small
  • dinky
  • dwarf
  • little
  • miniature
  • smallish
  • tiny
  • undersized
  • dwarfish
  • undersize
  • mini
  • bantam
  • puny
  • microscopic
  • shrimpy
  • pygmy
  • infinitesimal
  • diminutive
  • teeny
  • wee
  • microscopical
  • teensy
  • minuscule
  • half-pint
  • minute
  • thin
  • pint-size
  • little bitty
  • pint-sized
  • petite
  • microminiature
  • slender
  • slight
  • pocket-size
  • slim
  • pocket-sized
  • teeny-weeny
  • Lilliputian
  • teensy-weensy
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