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car

noun
/kɑː/UK/kʰäɾ//kɑɹ/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.

  1. derived from *ḱr̥sós✻
  2. derived from *karros✻
  3. derived from *karros✻
  4. derived from carrus
  5. derived from carre
  6. inherited from carre

Definitions

  1. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered…

    A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.

    • in a car
    • He drove his car to the theatre.
    • He was thinking about buying a brand new car.

  2. A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.

    • It shall suffice me to enioy your loue, Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great, As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete, With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.
    • He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled Like holy Phoebus’ car.

  3. Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being…

    Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.

    • The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
  4. ›+ 15 more definitions

    1. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport…

      The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

      • Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.

    2. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

      • The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.

    3. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and…

      The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

      • Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon, […]
      • "What about a car?" "The car will be my next care. I have already planned how it is to be made and attached. Meanwhile I will simply show you how capable my apparatus is of supporting the weight of each of us."

    4. A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

      • On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck.

    5. A floating perforated box for living fish.

    6. A clique or gang.

    7. Deliberate misspelling of cat.

    8. The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.

      • The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.

    9. The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India…

      The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").

    10. A surname.

    11. Initialism of Central African Republic.

    12. Abbreviation of Carolina (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States…

      Abbreviation of Carolina (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America)

    13. Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region.

    14. Abbreviation of carnitine.

    15. Initialism of chimeric antigen receptor.

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Derived

aerocar, aircar, anticar, automocar, big car, buffer car, bump car, caraholic, car alarm, car attendant, carbage, car barn, carbarn, car battery, carbeam, car body, car-body van, car bomb, car-bomb, car boot, car-booter, car boot sale, carborne, car bra, car brain, car breaker, car breaking, carbuilder, car carrier, car cemetery, car-centric, car chase, car clout, car clouting, carcoat, car coat, carcoon, car crash, carden, cardening · +152 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at car. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at car. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at car

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA