car
car
/kɑː(r)/
1 (also formal motor car especially in British English) (also North American English, formal automobile) a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers
Paula got into the car and drove off.
by car How did you come?’ ‘By car.’
in a/the car Are you going in the car?
Her husband was driving the car at the time of the accident.
Where can I park the car?
There were parked cars on both sides of the road.
a car driver/manufacturer/dealer
a car accident/crash
I can't find my car keys.
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
verb + car
car + verb
run on something
do something
car + noun
preposition
by car
in a/the car
phrases
a brand of car
a make of car
a model of car
2 (also railcar both North American English) a separate section of a train
Several cars went off the rails.
Collocations
adjective
verb + car
3 (in compounds) a car on a train of a particular type
a sleeping/dining car
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.