1
: a vehicle moving on wheels: such as
b
: a vehicle designed to move on rails (as of a railroad)
The train has 20 cars.
c
: automobile
traveled to Boston by car
2
: the passenger compartment of an elevator
3
: the part of an airship or balloon that carries the passengers and cargo
civil air regulations
Examples of car in a Sentence
Noun
I'll wait in the car.
He got into the car and drove away.
She bought a new car.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
That whole street and around the corner had little cottages and a cottage court up the street because the electric car would drive through La Jolla around there [in the early 1900s].
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
All the work is exclusively commissioned for the event and offered at for-one-day-only prices, sold directly from the boots of cars (or in the case of Mr Doodle from a converted school bus) by the artists themselves.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the car on the way home everyone was silent.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Six cars, five trucks and 19 utility vehicles are on the list to be considered the best car, truck or utility vehicle of the year.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
That whole street and around the corner had little cottages and a cottage court up the street because the electric car would drive through La Jolla around there [in the early 1900s].
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025
All the work is exclusively commissioned for the event and offered at for-one-day-only prices, sold directly from the boots of cars (or in the case of Mr Doodle from a converted school bus) by the artists themselves.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the car on the way home everyone was silent.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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car
noun1
: a vehicle (as an automobile or part of a passenger train) moving on wheels
2
: the passenger compartment of an elevator
3
: the part of a balloon or an airship that carries the passengers and equipment
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