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pace car

pace car noun: a car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.

Noun

pace car (plural pace cars)

  1. A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.
  2. A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.

Forms of pace car

pluralpace cars

Questions about pace car

What does pace car mean?
Pace car means a car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.
What part of speech is pace car?
Pace car is a noun.
What is the plural of pace car?
The plural of pace car is pace cars.

Words near pace car in the dictionary

  1. Pacdal
  2. pace
  3. pace bowler
  4. pace bowlers
  5. pace bowling
  6. pace car
  7. pace cars
  8. pace egg
  9. pace eggs
  10. pace lap
  11. pace laps

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