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black car

black car noun: a black cab, a taxi that is only hailed from the street.

Noun

black car (plural black cars)

  1. (London) a black cab, a taxi that is only hailed from the street
  2. (New-York-City) a taxi that cannot be hailed from the street, but is called by placing a phone-in request; a call cab, a radio taxi
    • To insure prompt service, large financial and legal concerns maintain accounts with as many as 10 black-car companies.1987 April 4, “'Black Cars' Take over Yellow Cabs' Radio Calls”, in New York Times
    • Today the term "livery car" encompasses a range of private taxis, including car services that serve the working and middle classes, "black cars" that transport businesspeople, commuter vans in Queens and Brooklyn and vans for the disabled.1998 November 11, “Yellow Cabs and Black Cars: A Quick Lesson”, in New York Times
  3. (US) A large government SUV with blacked-out windows
  4. A limousine
  5. A hearse

Forms of black car

pluralblack cars

Questions about black car

What does black car mean?
Black car means a black cab, a taxi that is only hailed from the street.
What part of speech is black car?
Black car is a noun.
What is the plural of black car?
The plural of black car is black cars.

Words near black car in the dictionary

  1. black cancers
  2. black canker
  3. black cankers
  4. black cap
  5. black caps
  6. black car
  7. black caraway
  8. black caraways
  9. black carbon
  10. black card
  11. black cardamom

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