station wagon

noun

: an automobile that has a passenger compartment which extends to the back of the vehicle, that has no trunk, that has one or more rear seats which can be folded down to make space for light cargo, and that has a tailgate or liftgate

Examples of station wagon in a Sentence

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Keith drives in in a station wagon, which smacks of cursed Garrett and his minivan, but Keith will hopefully be better than Garrett. Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024 These are all good numbers for a very nice MBZ Estate station wagon. Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2024 The windshield was a 1960 Ford station wagon’s rear window. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2024 Overall minivan sales reached 700,000 by the end of the decade, as the station wagon all but disappeared. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for station wagon 

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of station wagon was in 1929

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“Station wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20wagon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

station wagon

noun
: an automobile that has a large open area behind the back seat instead of a trunk and that has a door at the back for loading and unloading things

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