autocar
- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌkɑːr/
- Archaic
:
autocar
- In the early 20th century, people often traveled in an autocar for long distances.
Examples
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The autocar slid my window down.
Fiction book (1993) -
From the port, we took an autocar sent by the House of Representatives.
Fiction book (1993) -
Already by 1918 (just before road construction and "autocars" arrived in full), coffee accounted for less than half of the freight in the still rapidly expanding railroad network.
Academic text (1992) -
The first autocar was celebrated as a remarkable innovation in transportation.
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After the invention of the autocar, many families switched from horse-drawn carriages to motor vehicles.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people
∞
1.6
A machine like a car or bus that carries people and goods
534
1.0
A car that people drive to go places
334
1.1
A vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries people on roads
27
1.5
A machine like a car or bus that moves on roads and has an engine
9
1.0
A four-wheeled vehicle that carries people
8
5.0
A car or other vehicle someone owns
2
9.6
An early car from the late 1800s and early 1900s
1
3.0
A machine with wheels like a car or bus that moves on roads
How Old-fashioned
1
3.8
- Archaic
∞
1.0
53
3.1
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autocar combines auto- 'self' and car, so it originally meant a 'self-moving carriage' and was used for an early motor vehicle.