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[ moh-ter-kahr ] / ˈmoʊ tərˌkɑr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR motorcar ON THESAURUS.COM
nounChiefly British. an automobile. Railroads. a self-propelled car for freight or passengers. Origin of motorcarAn Americanism dating back to 1885–90; motor + car1 Words nearby motorcarmotorboat, motorboating, motorbus, motorcade, motor camp, motorcar, motor caravan, motorcoach, motor cortex, motorcycle, motor decussation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for motorcar“I would build a motorcar for the great multitudes,” he proclaimed. Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit|Daniel Gross|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Suddenly, the modern world is really beginning: the movies and a much, much wider use of the motorcar, and all of those things. The Brits' Surprising Emmy Hit|Jace Lacob|August 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST The motorcar, fortunately, had neither injured itself nor anyone else. Our Casualty And Other Stories|James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham Norton turned his head and saw what appeared at first sight to be the dark grey body of a motorcar. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
Mme. Adele'—yes, it was Adele—'will be fetched by a friend in a motorcar, and I can let her out and fasten the door again. At the Villa Rose|A. E. W. Mason Then a motorcar arrived, and two gentlemen stepped out and stared at us, and one suddenly burst out laughing. Afoot in England|W.H. Hudson They all waved aprons and caps until the motorcar was out of sight. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound|Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for motorcar
nouna more formal word for car (def. 1) a self-propelled electric railway car Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to motorcarvan, auto, bus, truck, automobile, car, wagon, ride, machine, pickup, motor, convertible, jeep, station wagon, limousine, compact, wreck, buggy, bucket, conveyance |