car
♦♦♦ car /k'ɑːr/ (cars)
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A car is a motor vehicle with room for a small number of passengers.
He had left his tickets in his car...
They arrived by car.
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A car is one of the separate sections of a train. (AM; in BRIT, usually use carriage)
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Railway carriages are called cars when they are used for a particular purpose. (BRIT)
He made his way into the dining car for breakfast.
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see also cable carbag|gage car (baggage cars)
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A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. (AM; in BRIT, use van)bump|er car (bumper cars)
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A bumper car is a small electric car with a wide rubber bumper all round. People drive bumper cars around a special enclosure at a fairground.ca|ble car (cable cars)
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A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.car alarm (car alarms)
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A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.car bomb (car bombs)
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A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.car boot sale (car boot sales)
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A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)car park (car parks)
also carpark
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A car park is an area or building where people can leave their cars. (BRIT; in AM, use parking lot)car pool /k'ɑːrpuːl/ (car pools car pooling car pooled)
also carpool, car-pool
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A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
...the carpool lanes in LA.
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If a group of people car pool, they take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. (mainly AM or AUSTRALIAN)
The government says fewer Americans are carpooling to work.
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A car pool is a number of cars that are owned by a company or organization for the use of its employees or members. (BUSINESS)car port (car ports)
also carport
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A car port is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.com|pa|ny car (company cars)
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A company car is a car which an employer gives to an employee to use as their own, usually as a benefit of having a particular job, or because their job involves a lot of travelling. (BUSINESS)din|ing car (dining cars)
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A dining car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal.es|tate car (estate cars)
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An estate car is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. (BRIT; in AM, use station wagon)freight car (freight cars)
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On a train, a freight car is a large container in which goods are transported. (mainly AM)mo|tor car (motor cars)
also motorcar
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A motor car is the same as a car. (OLD-FASHIONED)pan|da car (panda cars)
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A panda car is a police car. (BRIT INFORMAL)pa|trol car (patrol cars)
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A patrol car is a police car used for patrolling streets and roads.
= squad carres|tau|rant car (restaurant cars)
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A restaurant car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use dining car)sleep|ing car (sleeping cars)
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A sleeping car is a railway carriage containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night.sports car (sports cars)
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A sports car is a low, fast car, usually with room for only two people.squad car (squad cars)
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A squad car is a car used by the police. (AM; in BRIT, usually use patrol car, police car)stock car (stock cars)
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A stock car is an old car which has had changes made to it so that it is suitable for races in which the cars often crash into each other.
He acted as grand marshal of a stock car race.
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A car is a motor vehicle with room for a small number of passengers.
He had left his tickets in his car...
They arrived by car.
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A car is one of the separate sections of a train. (AM; in BRIT, usually use carriage)
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Railway carriages are called cars when they are used for a particular purpose. (BRIT)
He made his way into the dining car for breakfast.
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see also cable carbag|gage car (baggage cars)
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A baggage car is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. (AM; in BRIT, use van)bump|er car (bumper cars)
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A bumper car is a small electric car with a wide rubber bumper all round. People drive bumper cars around a special enclosure at a fairground.ca|ble car (cable cars)
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A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.car alarm (car alarms)
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A car alarm is a device in a car which makes a loud noise if anyone tries to break into the vehicle.
He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.car bomb (car bombs)
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A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.car boot sale (car boot sales)
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A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)car park (car parks)
also carpark
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A car park is an area or building where people can leave their cars. (BRIT; in AM, use parking lot)car pool /k'ɑːrpuːl/ (car pools car pooling car pooled)
also carpool, car-pool
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A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
...the carpool lanes in LA.
2 [VERB] V
If a group of people car pool, they take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. (mainly AM or AUSTRALIAN)
The government says fewer Americans are carpooling to work.
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A car pool is a number of cars that are owned by a company or organization for the use of its employees or members. (BUSINESS)car port (car ports)
also carport
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A car port is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.com|pa|ny car (company cars)
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A company car is a car which an employer gives to an employee to use as their own, usually as a benefit of having a particular job, or because their job involves a lot of travelling. (BUSINESS)din|ing car (dining cars)
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A dining car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal.es|tate car (estate cars)
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An estate car is a car with a long body, a door at the rear, and space behind the back seats. (BRIT; in AM, use station wagon)freight car (freight cars)
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On a train, a freight car is a large container in which goods are transported. (mainly AM)mo|tor car (motor cars)
also motorcar
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A motor car is the same as a car. (OLD-FASHIONED)pan|da car (panda cars)
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A panda car is a police car. (BRIT INFORMAL)pa|trol car (patrol cars)
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A patrol car is a police car used for patrolling streets and roads.
= squad carres|tau|rant car (restaurant cars)
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A restaurant car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use dining car)sleep|ing car (sleeping cars)
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A sleeping car is a railway carriage containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night.sports car (sports cars)
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A sports car is a low, fast car, usually with room for only two people.squad car (squad cars)
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A squad car is a car used by the police. (AM; in BRIT, usually use patrol car, police car)stock car (stock cars)
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A stock car is an old car which has had changes made to it so that it is suitable for races in which the cars often crash into each other.
He acted as grand marshal of a stock car race.