car
n 1: 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
2: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: railcar, railway car, railroad car] 3: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: cable car] 4: car suspended from an airship and carrying personnel and cargo and power plant [syn: gondola] 5: where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" [syn: elevator car]
