car

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.

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

• 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.

A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.; A cart.archaic

• So it was agreed that the farmer shud sind his car to take his little bit o' furniture, an' that he shud remove an the following Thursday.

A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.; A chariot.archaic

A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.; A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.UKarchaicobsolete

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.; An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.CanadaUS

• The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.; A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.; an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

• The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.; A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

• From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.; A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

• We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

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.