Definitions for CARkɑr

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

carkɑr(n.)

an automobile.
Category: Automotive
a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
Category: Transportation
the part of a conveyance, as an elevator or balloon, that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
Category: Transportation
any wheeled vehicle.
Category: British
Archaic. cart; carriage; chariot.

Origin of car:

1350–1400; < LL carra (fem. sing.), L carra, neut. pl. of carrum Celtic

car.

carat.
Category: Jewelry

Princeton's WordNet

car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar(noun)
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
"he needs a car to get to work"
car, railcar, railway car, railroad car(noun)
a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
"three cars had jumped the rails"
car, gondola(noun)
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
car, elevator car(noun)
where passengers ride up and down
"the car was on the top floor"
cable car, car(noun)
a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

car(noun)ɑr
a passenger vehicle with four wheels
to drive a car; to get into the car/to get out of the car; to park the car on the street
carɑr
one part of a train
the sleeping/dining car; the freight/coal car

Wiktionary

Car(ProperNoun)
A Nicobarese language having the ISO 639-3 code "caq."

Origin: From carre, from carre, from carra, neuter plural of carrus Compare Celtic carr (two-wheeled chariot), from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Indo-European *krsos, from Proto-Indo-European base *kers- (to run).

Webster Dictionary

Car(noun)
a small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart
Car(noun)
a vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad
Car(noun)
a chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity
Car(noun)
the stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper
Car(noun)
the cage of a lift or elevator
Car(noun)
the basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc
Car(noun)
a floating perforated box for living fish