Motorcar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motor car \Motor car\, or Motorcar \Mo"tor*car`\, n.
     1. An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run
        and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile
        specially designed for passengers and propelled by an
        internal combustion engine.
  


     Syn: car, auto, automobile, machine.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Elec. Railroads) Any car containing motors for
        propulsion. [U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  motorcar
       n : 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal
           combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn:
           {car}, {auto}, {automobile}, {machine}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "motorcar":
     auto, autocar, automobile, boat, buggy, bus, car, crate, heap,
     jalopy, machine, motor, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, tub,
     voiture, wheels, wreck