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private cars

private cars is the plural of private car.

Meaning of private car

Noun

private car (plural private cars)

  1. A car (automobile) that is for personal use and owned privately.
  2. (US) A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both.
    • In the days before televised press conferences, or debates between Presidential contenders, the railroads carried the politicians to the people. Here, President Truman addresses a crowd from the verandah of his private car, at Sacramento during the 1952 campaign.1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, →ISBN, page 11, photo caption

Questions about private cars

What is private cars the plural of?
Private cars is the plural of private car.

Words near private cars in the dictionary

  1. private branch exchanges
  2. private brand
  3. private candidate
  4. private candidates
  5. private car
  6. private cars
  7. private cost
  8. private costs
  9. private credit
  10. private detective
  11. private detectives

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