'CAR' definitions:

Definition of 'car'

(from WordNet)
noun
A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
noun
A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: car, railcar, railway car, railroad car]
noun
The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant [syn: car, gondola]
noun
Where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" [syn: car, elevator car]
noun
A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: cable car, car]

Definition of 'Car'

From: GCIDE
  • Car \Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.]
  • 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. [1913 Webster]
  • The gilded car of day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The towering car, the sable steeds. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. [1913 Webster]
  • The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The cage of a lift or elevator. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.]
  • Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive.
  • Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.]
  • Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.]
  • Horse car, or Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.]
  • Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, {Parlor car}, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'car'

From: GCIDE
  • Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
  • 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. [1913 Webster]
  • This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
  • There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. [1913 Webster]
  • The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. [1913 Webster]
  • Gauge of a carriage, car, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track.
  • Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
  • Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.
  • Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge.
  • Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.
  • Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
  • Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.
  • Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight.
  • Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
  • Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.
  • Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
  • Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page.
  • Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
  • Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
  • Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
  • Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
  • Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.
  • Star gauge (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.
  • Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.
  • Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides.
  • Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.
  • Water gauge. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
  • Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
  • Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'car'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'car'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Central Access Routing (RND)
  • Computer Aided Retrieval
  • Computer Assisted Radiology
  • Contents of the Address Register (IBM, ELISP, CDR)

Words containing 'CAR'