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car1    Audio Help   [kahr] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an automobile.
2.a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
3.the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
4.British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
5.Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph.
6.Archaic. cart; carriage.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME carre < AF < LL carra (fem. sing.), L carra, neut. pl. of carrum, var. of carrus < Celt.; cf. OIr carr wheeled vehicle]

carless, adjective
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–adjective Chiefly Scot.
1.left-handed.
2.sinister.

[Origin: 1375–1425; ME (Scots) < ScotGael cearr]
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CAR
computer-assisted retrieval.

[Origin: 1980–85]
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car.
carat; carats.
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car    Audio Help   (kär)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An automobile.
  2. A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails: a railroad car.
  3. A boxlike enclosure for passengers and freight on a conveyance: an elevator car.
  4. The part of a balloon or airship that carries people and cargo.
  5. Archaic A chariot, carriage, or cart.


[Middle English carre, cart, from Old North French, from Latin carra, pl. of carrus, carrum, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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car 
1301, "wheeled vehicle," from Norm.-Fr. carre, from L. carrum, carrus (pl. carra), orig. "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaul. karros, from PIE *krsos, from base *kers- "to run." Extension to "automobile" is 1896. Car-sick first recorded 1908, on model of sea sick. U.S. carport is from 1939. Car bomb first 1972, in reference to Northern Ireland. Car pool is 1942 (n.), 1962 (v.).

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car

noun
1. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" 
2. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" 
3. the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant 
4. where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" 
5. a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: cable car

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car1 [kaː] noun
(American ˌautomoˈbile) a (usually privately-owned) motor vehicle on wheels for carrying people
Example: What kind of car do you have?; `Did you go by car?'
Arabic: سَيّارَه
Chinese (Simplified): 小汽车
Chinese (Traditional): 小汽車
Czech: automobil
Danish: bil
Dutch: auto
Estonian: auto
Finnish: auto
French: auto
German: das Auto
Greek: αυτοκίνητο
Hungarian: kocsi
Icelandic: bíll
Indonesian: mobil
Italian: automobile, macchina
Japanese:
Korean: 차, 자동차
Latvian: automašīna
Lithuanian: automobilis
Norwegian: bil
Polish: samochód
Portuguese (Brazil): carro
Portuguese (Portugal): carro
Romanian: automobil
Russian: автомобиль;машина
Slovak: auto
Slovenian: avto
Spanish: coche
Swedish: bil
Turkish: araba, otomobil
car2 [kaː] noun
a section for passengers in a train etc
Example: a dining-car
Arabic: عَرَبَةُ مَطْعَم (في قِطار)
Chinese (Simplified): 车厢
Chinese (Traditional): 車廂
Czech: vůz
Danish: vogn
Dutch: wagon
Estonian: vagun
Finnish: vaunu
French: voiture
German: der Waggon
Greek: βαγόνι
Hungarian: (vasúti) kocsi
Icelandic: lestarvagn, farþegarÿmi
Indonesian: gerbong
Italian: vagone, vettura
Japanese: 車両
Korean: 특수 차량, …차
Latvian: vagons
Lithuanian: vagonas
Norwegian: (jernbane)kupé
Polish: wagon
Portuguese (Brazil): carro
Portuguese (Portugal): carruagem
Romanian: vagon
Russian: вагон
Slovak: vozeň
Slovenian: voz
Spanish: coche, coche-restaurante, vagón
Swedish: vagn
Turkish: vagon, yolcu vagonu
car3 [kaː] noun
(American) a railway carriage for goods or people
Example: a freight car
Arabic: مَرْكَبَةٌ للنَّقْلِ
Chinese (Simplified): 列车
Chinese (Traditional): 列車
Czech: vagón
Danish: (jernbane-)vogn
Dutch: wagon
Estonian: vagun
Finnish: vaunu
French: wagon
German: der Eisenbahnwagen
Greek: βαγόνι
Hungarian: teherkocsi
Icelandic: járnbrautavagn
Indonesian: gerbong
Italian: vagone
Japanese: 車両
Korean: 철도 차량, 객차, 화차
Latvian: vagons
Lithuanian: vagonas
Norwegian: (jernbane)vogn
Polish: wagon
Portuguese (Brazil): vagão
Portuguese (Portugal): carruagem
Romanian: vagon
Russian: вагон
Slovak: vagón
Slovenian: vagon
Spanish: vagón
Swedish: vagn, godsfinka
Turkish: vagon, yük vagonu
See also: car park, car phone

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Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.]

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

2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]

Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.

3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic].

The gilded car of day. --Milton.

The towering car, the sable steeds. --Tennyson.

4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden.

5. The cage of a lift or elevator.

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

7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.]

Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.]

Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive.

Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.]

Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.]

Horse car, or Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.]

Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, Parlor car, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.
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CAR
  1. Carina (constellation)
  2. Carolina Panthers
  3. computer-assisted retrieval

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