Word Finder - cars

definition

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

example

She drove her car to the mall.

synonyms

• auto
• automobile
• carriage
• motor
• motorcar
• vehicle

definition

A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.

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An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

example

The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

synonyms

• railcar
• wagon

definition

An individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

example

The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.

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A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

example

From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

definition

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

example

We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

synonyms

• carload
• wagonload

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The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

example

Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.

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The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

example

The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.

synonyms

• carriage

definition

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

synonyms

• basket
• gondola

definition

A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

definition

The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

example

Buy now! You can get more car for your money.

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A floating perforated box for living fish.

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A turn.

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The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list

Behind it, sixteen cars were jammed together all the way back to the highway.

She gripped the armrest as he passed two cars at a time.

The first cars were called "horseless carriages."

We had to change cars at Philadelphia; but we did not mind it much.

Water streamed through the gutters, and those cars out in the storm crawled block-to-block.

Go up the hill and watch for cars so you can warn anyone before they get to the curve.

The guest room was redone in race cars and Disney characters.

The couple drove over the narrow wooden bridge that spanned Red Mountain Creek, and joined two other cars in the small parking area.

I read somewhere they swipe cars and ship 'em down to South America where the druggies buy 'em. Maybe that's it.

Half the cars down there have USA license plates, and the models are so new they practically still have the family pet in the back seat.

The startings and arrivals of the cars are now the epochs in the village day.

He didn't come back until morning and there were police cars all over the place.

The ride took about forty minutes and as we arrived, two patrol cars were pulling away from the scene.

Several cars were on fire, and black smoke spiraled toward the sky.

The street below was narrower than it appeared on TV and packed with cars and elegantly dressed men and women walking to a gathering across the street --probably the soiree Andre had mentioned.

I watch the passage of the morning cars with the same feeling that I do the rising of the sun, which is hardly more regular.

Still, years of warnings about getting into cars with strangers compelled her to hesitate.

Of course, she didn't leap cars with motorcycles or sky dive, but in retrospect, she had always been attracted to danger – at least to some degree.

There were so many people and cars.

The scene was defined by a cluster of police cars and fire engines bathed in rotating lights.

As she stared, the silver seemed to flare into a deep glow and swirl around her irises like cars around a racetrack.

Damian had a lot of cars, and she found the black BMW whose lights flashed when she clicked the key fob.

She went to the key locker and chose one of Damian's sports cars, her instincts urging her to go somewhere, though she didn't know where.

Lydia turned off the engine and they sat there alone with no other cars in sight.

The yard was filling up with vehicles as two police cars and finally an ambulance arrived.

There were thugs in the streets, bars on the windows of sagging houses, and cars on blocks.

He glared at the ocean and strode up the beach littered with wood, boats, and cars, to the highway.

He continued at his quick pace into the town, glancing over the quaint downtown strip lined with small cars and pubs.

Dusty groused, taking in the lopsided posters of cars and beer bottle décor.

Dean smiled at neighbors as they brushed last night's snow from cars and walkways and went about their lives.

Two cars were parked off the edge of the road and as they passed, Cynthia looked back with a start.

By the time he looked back, they were around a curve and the cars were no longer visible.

Usually there were few cars at the site but now, with the early festival climbers in town, the parking lot at the curve of the county road was filled.

Using his own parameters about mileage and age of the vehicle, he found several cars that fit her criteria.

About 1889 separators and the whole-milk system were introduced, and about the same time began the service of refrigerator cars on the railways; the hand separator became common about 1901.

Among its manufactures in 1905 were flour and grist mill products (value, $2,638,914), furniture ($1,655,246), lumber and timber products ($1,229,533), railway cars ($1,118,376), packed meats ($99 8, 4 2 8), woollen and cotton goods, cigars and cigarettes, malt liquors, carriages and wagons, leather and canned goods.

Our wedding cars are driven by experienced chauffeurs in matching dark blue uniform with peaked caps.

Local Members were on hand with their cars arranged in a semi circle for the photo call on the lawn.

The time listed for cars to leave the clubhouse is, however, more based on experience rather than theory.

The park tops an underground carpark for 10,000 cars, the revenues from which will return to the public coffers.

The famous and very collectible sad face pedal cars of the late 1940s like the estate wagon and sedan inspired.. .

Integrated in the front bumper structure, this device prevents passenger cars from being wedged under the truck in a frontal collision.

This is observational comedy, Do you ever notice that most roads are gray, and that normally cars drive on them.

Styling is handsome and overall it bears favorable comparison with more expensive executive cars.

Thus liberation and escape are core values of the culture, including liberation form confinement, cars, offices, schedules, relationships.

Nearly all cars are very considerate - I cant wait to get back!

More than 5 million shipping containers, 2 million rail cars and some 11 million trucks go into the US every year.

Cars were a highly controversial issue, he said.

In the days when there were no cars, they used to have chicken coops on the grass verges!

Six police motorcyclists will escort the cortege to Stormont with two police cars following at the rear.