boxcar
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈbɑksˌkɑr/
- US
:
vagón de mercancías
- The boxcar was filled with fresh produce ready for delivery to the market.
- railroad boxcars
- train of boxcars
They take me to little jail in the middle of Oklahoma, throw me in a boxcar, sell steel cell.
- They take me to little jail in the middle of Oklahoma, throw me in a boxcar, sell steel cell.
- The first thing you see and the last thing you visit is a boxcar.
Examples
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Best-known tramp on the boxcar circuit.
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So far we count eight boxcars.
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Let's say that this boxcar is 60 feet long, okay?
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What's in the boxcar, captain?
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I'll ride with her in the boxcar.
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You know your way around a boxcar, don't you?
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One morning we came to the boxcar and found that Tom-Su was gone.
Fiction book (2000) -
I leaned out from the boxcar and looked ahead, down the track.
Fiction book (1990) -
And that boxcar's over there, I'm getting it hooked up with the electric company tomorrow.
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The remaining boxcar and combination passenger coach/baggage car were left stranded on the rails that remained.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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5.7
A vehicle on tracks that carries passengers or goods
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2.5
A vehicle on railway tracks that carries people or goods
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3.7
A vehicle that runs on railway tracks to carry people or goods
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3.2
A vehicle on a train that carries goods like boxes or crates
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2.3
A vehicle that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
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Morphology
Etymology
Boxcar is simply the two words box and car put together. Think of box as a 'container' and car as a vehicle, so a boxcar is a covered railway car used to carry goods.