1. (

• car ,
• auto ,
• automobile ,
• machine ,
• motorcar

) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" ;

2. (

• car ,
• railcar ,
• railway_car ,
• railroad_car

) a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" ;

3. (

• car ,
• gondola ,

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

4. (

• car ,
• elevator_car

) where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" ;

5. (

• cable_car ,
• car ,

) a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" ;