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car

/kɑɹ/noun1 syllable

Car means: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.

Synonyms for car10

noun, as in a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

noun, as in a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

railcar, railway car, railroad car

noun, as in the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

gondola

noun, as in where passengers ride up and down

elevator car

noun, as in a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

cable car

What does car mean?5

noun

1

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine“he needs a car to get to work”

2

a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad“three cars had jumped the rails”

3

the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

4

where passengers ride up and down“the car was on the top floor”

5

a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway“they took a cable car to the top of the mountain”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with car?27

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All 27 rhymes for car, grouped by syllable

Car in a sentence

  • If it rains tomorrow, we will go there by car.CC
  • If the car is gone, he can't be at the office.CM
  • Sir, you are not allowed to park your car here.Zifre
  • If they don't have a car, they'll come by taxi.Dejo
  • If you had parked your car here, you would have been fined.Zifre
  • She wasn't hurt, but she got goose bumps when her car nearly crashed.Zifre
  • I need to put some gas in the car, as it's almost empty.AlanF_US
  • A piano is expensive, but a car is more expensive.CK

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Forms of car

as a noun

plural
cars