ALL meanings of car
car
C c - noun car a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine 4
- countable noun car A car is a motor vehicle with room for a small number of passengers. 3
- countable noun car A car is one of the separate sections of a train. 3
- countable noun car Railway carriages are called cars when they are used for a particular purpose. 3
- noun car (as modifier) 3
- noun car a conveyance for passengers, freight, etc, such as a cable car or the carrier of an airship or balloon 3
- noun car a railway vehicle for passengers only, such as a sleeping car or buffet car 3
- noun car a railway carriage or van 3
- noun car the enclosed platform of a lift 3
- abbreviation CAR compound annual return 3
- noun car any vehicle on wheels 3
- noun car a chariot 3
- noun car a vehicle that moves on rails, as a streetcar 3
- noun car an automobile 3
- noun car elevator (sense 2) 3
- noun car the part of a balloon or airship for carrying people and equipment 3
- noun car carat(s) 3
- noun car A car is a motor vehicle with room for a small number of passengers. 3
- abbreviation Technical meaning of CAR Contents of Address part of Register 3
- noun car A road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people. 2
- noun car an automobile. 1
- noun car a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car. 1
- noun car the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc. 1
- noun car British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon. 1
- noun car Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph. 1
- noun car Archaic. cart; carriage. 1
- adjective car left-handed. 1
- adjective car sinister. 1
- noun car automobile 1
- noun car streetcar 1
- noun car railroad coach 1
- noun car elevator 1
- noun Technical meaning of car (programming) (car) /kar/ The left-hand element of a Lisp cons cell. 1
- noun car (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal. 0
- noun car A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile. 0
- noun car (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train. 0
- noun car (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit. 0
- noun car (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not. 0
- noun car A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car. 0
- noun car The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism. 0
- noun car The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels. 0
- noun car The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus. 0
- noun car (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track. 0
- noun car (Uncountable Noun) (US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car. 0
- noun car (US) A floating perforated box for living fish. 0
- noun car (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list. 0