0%

station wagon

sta·tion wag·on
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stey-shuh n wag-uh n]
    • /ˈsteɪ ʃən ˈwæg ən/
    • /ˈsteɪʃn ˈwæɡ.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stey-shuh n wag-uh n]
    • /ˈsteɪ ʃən ˈwæg ən/

Definitions of station wagon words

  • noun station wagon an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate. 1
  • noun station wagon estate car 1
  • countable noun station wagon A station wagon is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. 0
  • noun station wagon a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space 0
  • noun station wagon an automobile with more cargo space than a comparable sedan model, two or four doors, a rear seat that folds down, and a rear door hinged in various ways 0
See all 5 definitions of station wagon

Information block about the term

Origin of station wagon

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1925-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Station wagon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Station wagon

station wagon popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

station wagon usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for station wagon

noun station wagon

  • automobile — An automobile is a car.
  • bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
  • car — a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine
  • clunker — If you describe a machine, especially a car, as a clunker, you mean that it is very old and almost falling apart.
  • coupe — A coupé is a car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, two doors, and seats for four people.
All 17 Synonyms of station wagon

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?