smoking car
- noun
- /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ kɑr/
- Archaic
:
vagón de fumadores
- Smoking cars are forward.
Examples
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Smoking cars forward.
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When he took his seat in the smoking car on the train, she had a new surprise.
Fiction book (1998) -
"This is the NO SMOKING car!"
Fiction book (1993) -
Now boarding on the lower level... - Smoking cars forward, all aboard.
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Passengers relaxed in the smoking car, enjoying their cigarettes during the journey.
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She found a seat in the smoking car where other travelers were puffing on their cigars.
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The conductor announced that the smoking car was at the rear of the train.
Synonyms
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7.0
A train car where people may use tobacco
A train car where people are allowed to smoke
A section of a train for people who want to light cigarettes
Antonyms
How Smoking-Friendly
- Archaic
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a railway car where smoking is permitted' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'smoking' (the act/habit of inhaling smoke) with 'car' (a rail vehicle); it follows a regular modifier + noun composition. This compositional pattern is common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun smoking car comes from old trains that had one car where people could smoke. The car would be full of smoke, so smoking car means 'a train car where smoking is allowed'.