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noun
As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the quantity that a car will hold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: containerful
History
From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car + -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”).
