car /kɑr/
1. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
synset: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
2. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"
synset: car, railcar, railway_car, railroad_car
3. the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
4. where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor"
synset: car, elevator_car
5. a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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