race car
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2.7
- noun
- /reɪs kɑr/
- He dreams of driving a race car at the famous Daytona International Speedway.
- race car design
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Watch on YouTubeWe've got we've got some race cars, old dirt track cars.
- We've got we've got some race cars, old dirt track cars.
- Today's guest is one of the most accomplished race car drivers of all time.
- Well, we'll stick with driving, like race car driving could be very dangerous.
- And my favorite race car driver was Bill Elliott.
- It sounds so much like a race car, it's crazy.
- Listen, y'all, pit stops throughout the day is how the race car wins the race.
- Whoa, that's faster than I went in a race car with Mario Andretti.
- this and y'all pit stops throughout the day is how the race car wins the race.
- I drive the Veyron and it's built like a race car with a jet engine.
- So Danny is a race car driver.
- No, some dude out here just like starting up a goddamn race car.
- So the the thing you'd hear would be yeah, yeah, yeah, as each race car went by you.
- With Toyota, we've made super efficiency race cars.
Examples
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The new race car was designed for high speed and optimal performance on the track.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are honoured tonight to have in our presence the world's greatest living race car driver, here in Cuba for the first Havana Grand Prix.
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And I used to draw a lot and I used to draw race cars a lot.
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I know he had a race car, but...
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Get him a race car.
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I wanna find that race car.
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What do you feel your team has done to set your race cars apart from the rest?
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Objects in the other group included a race car and two wooden houses.
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The move from designing parts for race cars to actual race car design can't be easy.
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The spoiler keeps a race car's wheels on the ground.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.8
A very fast car built to race on tracks
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3.9
A racing car made from a regular car and changed for speed and safety
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2.8
A fast car built specially to compete on a track
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2.8
A car built to go very fast on tracks in sports competitions
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Morphology
The meaning 'a car designed for competing in races' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'race' (contest) with 'car' (vehicle); the compound simply denotes a car for racing. This noun+noun composition is a common, compositional pattern in English (and many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun race car comes from the simple idea of a car made for a race. People built special cars to compete in races, so it now means 'a car built for motor racing'.