car

noun

1. 1

   a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

   they took a cable car to the top of the mountain

2. 2

   a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

   he needs a car to get to work

3. 3

   a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

   three cars had jumped the rails

4. 4

   where passengers ride up and down

   the car was on the top floor

5. 5

   the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant