car

noun
/kɑː/

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.

Example

“He drove his car to the theatre.”

Other meanings

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

auto
automobile
machine

A kind of

motor vehicle

Kinds of car

beach wagon
bus
cab
compact
patrol car
hot rod
minivan
pace car

Example sentences

“Don't make me pull this car over!”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“I accidentally locked my keys in the car.”
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“Did you get the car looked at?”
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Word history

From Latin "carrus" (two-wheeled baggage wagon).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “car” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.