car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː/
ipa: [kʰɑː]
ipa: [kʰäɾ]
ipa: /kɑɹ/
ipa: [kʰɑ̝̹ɹ]
ipa: [kʰaː]
ipa: /kaː/
ipa: [kʰäː]
ipa: /kʰɑɹ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /kʰʲæɹ/
homophone: carr
homophone: Carr
homophone: Karr
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: cars
form: carr
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.
Senses: examples: text: He drove his car to the theatre.
text: He was thinking about buying a brand new car.
text: I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.
ref: 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
text: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
text: The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.
ref: 2019 November 17, Sarah Holt, “Verstappen wins Brazilian GP as Ferraris collide AND Gasly and Sainz claim first F1 podiums”, in CNN:
text: Then, of course, there are the cars themselves. The most valuable classic car ever sold at auction was a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that sold for more than $48 million in 2018. Of the top ten most valuable cars ever sold at auction, six are Ferraris.
ref: 2020 September 19, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “I hate to say it, but Ferrari’s new convertible is worth every penny”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: auto
word: motorcar
word: vehicle
word: automobile
word: motor
word: carriage
word: automobile
word: car
word: cah
word: devil wagon
word: horseless carriage
word: motor car
word: auto
word: ride
word: wheels
word: whip
glosses: A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
examples: text: It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.
ref: 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phoebus’ car.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene viii]:
text: The Red Foliot sate in his car of polished ebony, drawn by six black horses with flowing manes and tails; before him went his musicians, pipers and minstrels doing their craft, and behind him fifty spearmen, weighed down with armour and ponderous shields that covered them from chin to toe.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19:
text: In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 87:
glosses: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
glosses: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A cart.
glosses: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A chariot.
glosses: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
qualifier: Birmingham
examples: text: The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
synonyms: railcar
wagon
carriage
glosses: Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
examples: text: The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
examples: text: From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
examples: text: We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.
text: This market reports only one or two cars per day, selling by the hundred weight, and at a price a little lower than that of Indian corn.
ref: 1907, Texas Agricultural, Mechanical College System, Bulletin, volumes 93-117, page 5:
glosses: Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.
A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
synonyms: carload
wagonload
examples: text: Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.
glosses: The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
examples: text: The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.
synonyms: carriage
glosses: The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
examples: text: Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]
ref: 1850, John Wise, A System of Aeronautics, page 152:
text: "What about a car?" "The car will be my next care. I have already planned how it is to be made and attached. Meanwhile I will simply show you how capable my apparatus is of supporting the weight of each of us."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: gondola
word: basket
english: balloons only
translation: balloons only
glosses: The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
examples: text: On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck
ref: 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, →ISBN, page 201:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
examples: text: Buy now! You can get more car for your money.
glosses: The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
glosses: A floating perforated box for living fish.
glosses: A clique or gang.
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of cat.
Hyponyms: amphibious car
antique car
armored car
armoured car
automobile car
baggage car
bait car
ballast car
bar car
bent car
black and white
black-and-white
black car
box car
box-car
boxcar
bubble car
buffet car
bumper car
cabin car
cable car
cable-car
cablecar
car show
cattle car
cement car
city car
classic car
clown car
coal car
combination car
compact executive car
company car
compliance car
concept car
container car
control car
cop car
coupe
crane car
crew car
crime car
cruise car
custom car
dining car
dome car
driving car
dummy car
dump car
dynamometer car
e-car
economy car
electric car
electric flower car
estate car
family car
fan car
fastback
ferry car
flatcar
flat car
flower car
fossil car
freight car
funnycar
funny car
gadding car
getaway car
ghost car
golf car
gondola car
grain car
grain-car
graincar
grip car
grip-car
halo car
hatchback
hire car
hog car
hopper car
horse car
horsecar
hybrid car
hydrogen car
interurban car
Irish car
jaunting car
jaunty car
kei car
kiddie car
Le Mans car
life car
lift car
livestock car
loan car
lounge car
luggage car
lumber car
mail car
mail-car
mailcar
midget car
mill car
mine car
motor car
motorcar
mulligan car
muscle car
notchback
observation car
ore car
outside car
pace car
palace car
panda car
parlor car
parlour car
parts car
passenger car
patrol car
pedal car
pedalcar
pie car
platform car
police car
pony car
poultry car
power car
private car
prowl car
Pullman car
pump car
pump-car
Q-car
quarry car
race car
racecar
racing car
racing-car
radio car
radio-controlled car
rail car
rail-car
railcar
railroad car
red car
refreshment car
rental car
restaurant car
rice car
road car
robo-car
rocket car
safety car
saloon
scrap car
sedan
self-driving car
sheep car
skid car
skip car
sleeping car
slot car
slot-car
slotcar
smoking car
soapbox car
solar car
sports car
sportscar
sprint car
sprintcar
squad car
squadcar
squareback
stock car
stockcar
streetcar
street-car
street car
sub-cloud car
subway car
surface car
tank car
ten-second car
timber car
touring car
town car
toy car
trailer car
transportation car
trap car
trolley
trolley car
trolley-car
tumble-car
unmarked car
veteran car
vintage car
virtual safety car
water car
well car
world car
wreck car
wrecking car
wrecker car
z car
Z-car
Zed-car
zero car
Derived terms: aerocar
aircar
anticar
automocar
caraholic
car alarm
car attendant
carbage
carbarn
car barn
car battery
carbeam
car body
car-body van
car bomb
car-bomb
car boot
car-booter
car boot sale
carborne
car bra
car brain
car breaker
car breaking
carbuilder
car carrier
car cemetery
car-centric
car chase
car clout
car clouting
carcoat
car coat
carcoon
car crash
carden
cardening
car door
car equivalent unit
carfare
car ferry
Car Festival
carfie
carfleet
carfree
car-free
car fridge
carful
cargasm
car gate
car glass
car guard
car-handed
car hire
carhop
car hop
car-hop
carhouse
car-house
car insurance
carjack
car jack
car-jack
carjacking
car-jacking
car jacking
car key
carless
car-lifting
carlike
carline
carloading
car lot
carlot
Carmageddon
carmaker
carmaking
carman
carmate
car mile
car mileage
carnap
carnapper
carnapping
carness
car park
carpark
car part
car-phone
car phone
carphone
carplane
carpool
carpooler
car pooler
car-pooler
carport
car racing
car radio
car rental
car replacer
car safety seat
car seat
car sewer
carshare
car shed
carsick
car sickness
carside
car-sleeper
carspiel
carsploitation
car-sticker
car surfing
cartop
cartopper
car transporter
car wash
carwash
carwasher
carwashing
car wreck
chemical car
chick car
Comcar
cook car
cruck
cyclecar
decar
dodgem car
dog that caught the car
ecocar
econocar
electronic car key
floating car data
flying car
forecar
grand touring car
gyrocar
handcar
housecar
hovercar
hydrocar
hypercar
incar
Indy car
intercar
inter-car
Irish car bomb
jetcar
line car
log car
McCar
Mexican car wash
microcar
minecar
minicar
model car
multicar
my car has broken down
nanocar
new-car smell
on it like a car bonnet
outcar
podcar
production car
race car driver
rent-a-car
robocar
Schnabel car
sidecar
station car
stop the car
supercar
Swasticar
T-car
the proverbial dog that caught the car
tramcar
tricar
turbocar
undercar
undercover car
zombie car
Related terms: carriage
chariot
bus
truck
van