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   car

   /kɑː/

   noun

   • 1. a four-wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people: "she drove up in a car" Similar automobilemotormachineinformal:wheelsheapcrate(old) bangerjalopylimoautohooptiedated:motor cararchaic:horseless carriage
   • ▪ a railway carriage: "the first-class cars" Similar carriagecoachsaloonbogie
   • ▪ the passenger compartment of a lift, cableway, or balloon: "he was in the lift when the car stuck"
   • ▪ a chariot.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. carful noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

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