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cars

UK/ˈkɑːz//ˈkɑɹz/

cars is the plural of car.

Meaning of car

Noun

car (plural cars)

  1. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
    • in a car
  2. (archaic) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.
    • It shall suffice me to enioy your loue,
      Which whiles I haue, I thinke my selfe as great,
      As Caesar riding in the Romaine streete,
      With captiue kings at his triumphant Carre.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
    1. (archaic) A cart.
      • So it was agreed that the farmer shud sind his car to take his little bit o' furniture, an' that he shud remove an the following Thursday.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 526
    2. (archaic) A chariot.
    3. (UK, archaic, obsolete, Birmingham) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
  3. (Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
    • The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.
    Synonyms:
    railcar, wagon, carriage

See all 19 meanings of car

Noun capitalized: CARs

CARs

  1. (plural) plural of CAR

Phrases with cars

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Words that rhyme with cars

Questions about cars

What is cars the plural of?
Cars is the plural of car.
What part of speech is cars?
Cars is a noun.
How do you pronounce cars?
Cars is pronounced /ˈkɑɹz/ (US).

Words near cars in the dictionary

  1. carryovers
  2. Carrys
  3. carrytale
  4. carrytales
  5. Carré de l'Est
  6. cars
  7. carsaf
  8. carsafs
  9. carsalam
  10. carse
  11. carseat

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