Phrase guide
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noun
A railroad car designed to carry passengers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: passenger carriage, passenger coach, passenger bogie, railway carriage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: railroad car, railcar, car, railway carriage, railway wagon, rolling stock, vehicle
Narrower terms: sleeper
noun
A motor vehicle designed to carry (a few) passengers; a motorcar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle
noun
a railcar where passengers ride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: coach, carriage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, railcar, railway car, railroad car
Narrower terms: dining car, diner, dining compartment, buffet car, nonsmoker, nonsmoking car, parlor car, parlour car, drawing-room car, palace car, chair car, Pullman, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, wagon-lit, smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
History
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Across languages
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
