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car (kär)

[Middle English carre, cart, from Old North French, from Latin carra pl. of carrus, carrum, a Gallic type of wagon.]

noun 

  1. An automobile.
  2. A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails: a railroad car.
  3. A boxlike enclosure for passengers and freight on a conveyance: an elevator car.
  4. The part of a balloon or airship that carries people and cargo.
  5. Archaic A chariot, carriage, or cart.