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carbrain

/ˈkɑɹˌbɹeɪn/

carbrain noun: the thinking part of a sentient car. Also the alternative form of car brain.

Noun

carbrain (countable and uncountable, plural carbrains)

  1. (countable) The thinking part of a sentient car.
    • The carbrain honked and started the engine when the clock reached 00:30.1992, James Patrick Kelly, “Pogrom”, in Gardner Dozois, editor, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, page 429
    • If the carbrain goes off track (or even off-line), the result is a freeway pile-up.2006, Science-fiction Studies - Volume 33, Issues 1-3, page 281

Also used as

carbrain is also the alternative form of car brain.

Forms of carbrain

pluralcarbrains
alternative formcar brain

Words that rhyme with carbrain

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Questions about carbrain

What does carbrain mean?
Carbrain means the thinking part of a sentient car.
What part of speech is carbrain?
Carbrain is a noun.
How do you pronounce carbrain?
Carbrain is pronounced /ˈkɑɹˌbɹeɪn/.
What is the plural of carbrain?
The plural of carbrain is carbrains.

Words near carbrain in the dictionary

  1. carboyed
  2. carboying
  3. carboys
  4. carbozole
  5. carbozoo
  6. carbrain
  7. carbrained
  8. carbrains
  9. carbro
  10. carbromal
  11. Carbrook

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