Noun
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a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
- cable car -
where passengers ride up and down
"the car was on the top floor"
- elevator car -
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
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a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
"three cars had jumped the rails"
- railway car - railroad car -
a motor vehicle with four wheels
usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
"he needs a car to get to work"