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observation car

observation car noun: a railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

observation car: a railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass...
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Noun

observation car (plural observation cars)

  1. A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

Forms of observation car

pluralobservation cars

Questions about observation car

What does observation car mean?
Observation car means a railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
What part of speech is observation car?
Observation car is a noun.
What is the plural of observation car?
The plural of observation car is observation cars.

Words near observation car in the dictionary

  1. observates
  2. observating
  3. observation
  4. observation balloon
  5. observation balloons
  6. observation car
  7. observation cars
  8. observation deck
  9. observation decks
  10. observation hut
  11. observation huts

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