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box car

box car is the alternative form of boxcar.

Meaning of boxcar

Noun (1)

boxcar (plural boxcars)

  1. (US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
    • The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 83

Noun (2)

boxcar (plural boxcars)

  1. (attributive) A type of atrophic acne scar that forms a broad, box-like depression on the skin.

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Forms of box car

pluralbox cars

Questions about box car

What is box car the alternative form of?
Box car is the alternative form of boxcar.

Words near box car in the dictionary

  1. box calf
  2. box camera
  3. box cameras
  4. box canyon
  5. box canyons
  6. box car
  7. box cars
  8. box checker
  9. box checkers
  10. box clever
  11. box coat

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