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- [street-kahr]
- /ˈstritˌkɑr/
- /ˈstriːt.kɑːr/
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- [street-kahr]
- /ˈstritˌkɑr/
Definitions of streetcar word
- noun streetcar a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus. 1
- noun streetcar public road vehicle on rails 1
- countable noun streetcar A streetcar is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. 0
- noun streetcar an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire 0
- noun streetcar a large coach or car on rails that provides public transportation along certain streets 0
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Origin of streetcar
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1860-65; street + car1
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Parts of speech for Streetcar
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streetcar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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noun streetcar
- cable car — A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.
- gondola — a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat having a tall, ornamental stem and stern and sometimes a small cabin for passengers, rowed or poled by a single person who stands at the stern, facing forward: used especially on the canals of Venice, Italy.
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