car
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
Noun 4 meanings
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
“He drove his car to the theatre.”
Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
“The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.”
The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
“Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.”
The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
“The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.
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CAR at a glance
CAR has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + R 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #314 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with car
All rhymes- OSCAR7
- SCAR6
- VICAR10
- STREETCAR11
- SUPERCAR12
- SIDECAR10
- BOXCAR17
- MOTORCAR12
- RAILCAR9
- AUTOCAR9
- TROCAR8
- SIRCAR8
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