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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.
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