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motorcar

[ moh-ter-kahr ]

/ ˈmoʊ tərˌkɑr /

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noun

Chiefly British. an automobile.

Railroads. a self-propelled car for freight or passengers.

Origin of motorcar

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; motor + car¹

Words nearby motorcar

motorbike, motorboat, motorboating, motorbus, motorcade, motorcar, motorcoach, motorcycle, motordrome, motored, motorhome

Example sentences from the Web for motorcar

“I would build a motorcar for the great multitudes,” he proclaimed.

Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit |Daniel Gross |January 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, the modern world is really beginning: the movies and a much, much wider use of the motorcar, and all of those things.

The Brits' Surprising Emmy Hit |Jace Lacob |August 29, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The motorcar, fortunately, had neither injured itself nor anyone else.

Our Casualty And Other Stories |James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham
Norton turned his head and saw what appeared at first sight to be the dark grey body of a motorcar.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman

Mme. Adele'—yes, it was Adele—'will be fetched by a friend in a motorcar, and I can let her out and fasten the door again.

At the Villa Rose |A. E. W. Mason
Then a motorcar arrived, and two gentlemen stepped out and stared at us, and one suddenly burst out laughing.

Afoot in England |W.H. Hudson
They all waved aprons and caps until the motorcar was out of sight.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for motorcar

motorcar

/ (ˈməʊtəˌkɑː) /

noun

a more formal word for car (def. 1)

a self-propelled electric railway car