cars

[car]

Your car is your automobile, your wheels, your vehicle. A car can also be another kind of moving compartment such as a railroad car, a cable car, or a trolley car.

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Noun
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"

Noun
4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

Noun
a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"

Noun
where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor"

Noun
car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant

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n.
A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

n.
A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

n.
A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.

n.
The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

n.
The cage of a lift or elevator.

n.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

n.
A floating perforated box for living fish.


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Usage Examples

A car for every purse and purpose.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.

A dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.

'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.

A man sits in his car at the traffic lights, waiting for them to go green.

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