a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; he needs a car to get to work

[ Syn: auto , automobile , machine , motorcar ]

a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; three cars had jumped the rails

[ Syn: railcar , railway car , railroad car ]

the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

[ Syn: gondola ]

where passengers ride up and down; the car was on the top floor

[ Syn: elevator car ]

a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; they took a cable car to the top of the mountain

[ Syn: cable car ]