| Car 1. (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. 2. (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. 3. (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. 4. (n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. 5. (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator. 6. (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. 7. (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish. Thesaurus Entries Pullman, Pullman car, auto, autocar, automobile, baggage car, boat, boxcar, buggy, bus, caboose, carriage, chair car, coach, coupe, covered waggon, crate, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, flat, flatcar, gondola, heap, jalopy, limousine, local, luggage van, machine, mail car, mail van, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorized vehicle, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, phaeton, railway car, reefer, refrigerator car, roadster, roomette, runabout, sedan, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, station wagon, stockcar, tank, tender, touring, truck, tub, van, voiture, waggon, wheels, wreck |