car battery
5
2.7
- noun
- /kɑr ˈbætəri/
:
batería de coche
- Our car battery has just died so we can't start the car.
- a dead car battery
- a 12-volt car battery
- a lead-acid car battery
You see here the car battery is dead, doesn't turn on.
- You see here the car battery is dead, doesn't turn on.
- So if you're in doubt, well, you know this, this car battery check tool kit might come in handy one day.
- I have built my own home car battery and I'm going to bring it on to show you now.
- Dude, what's crazy is some of these caves, they would, they'd use car batteries and bring out tools to dig these things.
- Because if that's a car battery inside that box, then the answer to the question might differ from if it's a bunch of cash, right?
Examples
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Then, when I thought nothing else could get worse, our car battery died.
Blog text (23) -
She got a cigarette lighter adapter so she could run her computer off her car battery.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then, one sunny day in May, they called Joe to tell him their car battery was dead.
Academic text (2001) -
The humidifier is operated by a car battery.
Fiction book (1999) -
You could have shown how you could power a device using a car battery and an inverter, but you didn't.
Blog text (32) -
Traveling for miles beneath unhelpful weather, there will come a moment when power scarcity will occur and the car battery will need charging.
Blog text (11) -
When the cold weather hit, our car battery couldn't start the engine and needed to be replaced.
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After Thanksgiving, my friend's car battery died, and he had to call someone for help.
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Regular maintenance can extend the life of your car battery and improve your vehicle's performance.
Synonyms
691
2.9
A device that produces electricity to power machines and tools
1
3.9
A rechargeable device with lead plates and weak sulphuric acid used in cars and for backup power
1
3.3
A device you can charge again to keep electricity for use later
A rechargeable device that stores electric energy to start a car and run its lights and radio
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
3.4
- Specialized
1
3.3
5
2.7
11
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ‘a battery for a car’ is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'car' (motor vehicle) with 'battery' (electrochemical power source), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the basic sense. Technical distinctions (e.g., high‑capacity EV pack, lithium‑ion vs. starter battery) are specialist details but do not reduce the core transparency of the compound.
Etymology
Car battery takes its name from the older word battery, which meant a group working together, like a line of cannons firing at the same time. Scientists later used battery for a group of electric cells, so a car battery is a set of cells that work together to start and power a car.