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driving car

driving car noun: a control car; a non-engine rail car from which the train may be driven.

Noun

driving car (plural driving cars)

  1. A control car; a non-engine rail car from which the train may be driven.
    • The appearance of the new non-driving motor car conforms to that of the converted driving cars, and the car body design closely follows that adopted for London Transport 1938 surface stock; […].1950 February, “Rolling Stock for London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 88

Forms of driving car

pluraldriving cars

Questions about driving car

What does driving car mean?
Driving car means a control car; a non-engine rail car from which the train may be driven.
What part of speech is driving car?
Driving car is a noun.
What is the plural of driving car?
The plural of driving car is driving cars.

Words near driving car in the dictionary

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  2. driving axles
  3. driving back
  4. driving band
  5. driving bands
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  7. driving cars
  8. driving down
  9. driving drunk
  10. driving examiner
  11. driving examiners

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