Meaning of 'car'

noun

a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

Example: "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"

Synonyms: cable car

noun

a motor vehicle with four wheels

Synonyms: auto automobile machine motorcar

noun

a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

Example: "three cars had jumped the rails"

Synonyms: railcar railway car railroad car

noun

where passengers ride up and down

Example: "the car was on the top floor"

Synonyms: elevator car

noun

the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

Synonyms: gondola