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beach waggon

beach waggon

3.1
A car with a long body and back door with extra space behind the back seat for bags or people
  • noun
  • /biːtʃ ˈwæɡən/
  • UK
translation icon : carro de playa
  • We rented a beach waggon to drive along the coast with our surfboards.

Examples

  • The family's old beach waggon was perfect for summer road trips.

  • They packed all their luggage into the beach waggon before heading to the seaside.

  • We packed the beach waggon for our trip.

  • The beach waggons were all parked near the surf.

  • The family's old beach waggon was perfect for summer road trips.

  • They packed all their luggage into the beach waggon before heading to the seaside.

  • We rented a beach waggon to drive along the coast with our surfboards.

Synonyms

wagon
vsbeach waggon
  • US
93 1.4

A car with extra space behind the rear seats for cargo

includes passenger space as well as cargo
station wagon
vsbeach waggon
  • US
66 2.9

A car with a long back and extra space for luggage

is the same body type but stresses carrying goods or luggage
beach wagon
vsbeach waggon
  • US
3.0

A long car with extra space behind the seats and a rear door

is the same in meaning but uses a different regional name
waggon
vsbeach waggon
  • Archaic
3.4

A car with a long body and a door behind the seats for carrying luggage

is identical in sense but differs only by spelling
estate car
vsbeach waggon
  • UK
2.9

A car with extra space at the back and a large rear door for luggage

is similar but also highlights passenger carrying not only luggage

How Spacious

van
676 1.0
SUV
100 2.7
beach waggon
  • UK
3.1
sedan
  • US
77 2.4
compact car
  • US
4 2.8

Surface Forms

beach waggon singular
beach wagons plural
beach wagons plural
beach wagon singular

Morphology

beach + waggon

The noun is a straightforward modifier+noun combination: 'beach' (place) + 'waggon' (vehicle) yields a type of vehicle associated with beach use or carrying beach cargo. This compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

Beach waggon probably comes from cars people used to take to the seaside, because the long body and rear door made it easy to load things like boards and bags. Because the words beach and waggon show a 'wagon' for the beach, the name came to mean a car with 'extra space' behind the rear seat.