car care
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2.7
- noun
- /kɑr kɛr/
:
cuidado del coche
- To maintain your vehicle's performance, regular car care is necessary throughout the year.
- car care and automotive
- more car care
Examples
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She learned several important car care techniques to keep her car running smoothly.
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If you want to know more about car care, I included a video for you to watch.
Blog text (10) -
And then also I bought like this Mcguire's, I think it's called car care kit that comes with all this compound.
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For the longest time, I had been taking my cars to what I thought was an honest mechanic: routine maintenance stuff, tire replacements, and the like, general car care, and I had been going there for at least four years.
Blog text (13) -
He collected manuals on simple car care and repair, automotive tools and wiring, wilderness survival, fishing, and hiking in bear country.
Fiction book (1999) -
Practicing good car care includes timely oil changes and regular tire rotations.
Synonyms
350
3.6
Keeping something in good working order by checking and fixing it regularly
195
2.9
A regular check and repair to keep a vehicle working
Antonyms
How Maintained
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'maintaining a car' is directly derivable from combining 'car' (motor vehicle) with 'care' (maintenance/treatment); the compound simply names the activity of caring for a car. This noun–noun composition follows a common and transparent pattern in English (compare 'pet care', 'home care') and is cross-linguistically straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Car care comes from putting car and care together, where 'care' means the attention you give to keep something healthy or working. Think of washing a car, checking the oil and fixing parts like looking after a pet or a person — that's why car care means 'regular tasks to keep a car running'.