car
Forms
- Plural
- cars
Definitions
1.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.
- He was thinking about buying a brand new car.
- I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
2.Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
- We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
- The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
- The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
3.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.
4.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.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #321
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Related words
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”).