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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car1 /kɑr/USA pronunciation n. - Automotivean automobile: [countable]We needed to buy a new car.[uncountable* by + ~]She has to get to work by car.
- Transport a vehicle running on rails or tracks:[countable]The train had eight cars, including the dining car.
- Transport[countable] the part of an elevator, etc., that carries the passengers, etc.
car., an abbreviation of:- carat.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car1 (kär),USA pronunciation n. - Automotivean automobile.
- Transporta vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
- the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
- British Termsany wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
- [Literary.]a chariot, as of war or triumph.
- [Archaic.]cart;
carriage.
- Celtic; compare Old Irish carr wheeled vehicle
- Late Latin carra (feminine singular), Latin carra, neuter plural of carrum, variant of carrus
- Anglo-French
- Middle English carre 1350–1400
car′less, adj. car2 (kär),USA pronunciation adj. [Chiefly Scot.]- Scottish Termsleft-handed.
- Scottish Termssinister.
- Scots Gaelic cearr
- Middle English (Scots) 1375–1425
CAR, - Computingcomputer-assisted retrieval.
car., - Jewelrycarat;
carats.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: car /kɑː/ n Also called: motorcar, automobile a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine- (as modifier): car coat
- a conveyance for passengers, freight, etc, such as a cable car or the carrier of an airship or balloon
- Brit a railway vehicle for passengers only, such as a sleeping car or buffet car
- chiefly US Canadian a railway carriage or van
- chiefly US the enclosed platform of a lift
- a poetic word for chariot
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French carre, ultimately related to Latin carra, carrum two-wheeled wagon, probably of Celtic origin; compare Old Irish carr Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: CAR abbreviation for - compound annual return
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