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autorack

autorack noun: a railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles.

autorack: a railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles
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Noun

autorack (plural autoracks)

  1. (US) A railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles.
    • Autoracks, or car carriers, were developed to carry cars. Initially the railroads just transported automobiles single file on flat bed cars, but soon realized it was a pretty inefficient use of space and that they could double, and then even triple, the number of cars by adding levels above the...2011, Josh Mack, The Hobo Handbook: A Field Guide to Living by Your Own Rules
    Synonyms:
    automobile car

Synonyms of autorack

Forms of autorack

pluralautoracks
alternative formauto rack

Origin of autorack

From auto + rack.

Questions about autorack

What does autorack mean?
Autorack means a railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles.
What part of speech is autorack?
Autorack is a noun.
What is the plural of autorack?
The plural of autorack is autoracks.

Words near autorack in the dictionary

  1. autoptical
  2. autoptically
  3. autopticity
  4. autopurification
  5. autor
  6. autorack
  7. autoracks
  8. autorad
  9. autoradiobiography
  10. autoradiochromatograph
  11. autoradiochromatographs

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