CAR


Meaning of CAR in English

car 1

— carless , adj.

/kahr/ , n.

1. an automobile.

2. a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.

3. the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.

4. Brit. Dial. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.

5. Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph.

6. Archaic. cart; carriage.

[ 1350-1400; ME carre carra (fem. sing.), L carra, neut. pl. of CARRUM, var. of carrus carr wheeled vehicle ]

car 2

/kahr/ , adj. Chiefly Scot.

1. left-handed.

2. sinister.

[ 1375-1425; ME (Scots) cearr ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .