cable car

or cable-car

SEE SYNONYMS FOR cable car ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway.

Origin of cable car

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby cable car

Cabiri, cable, cable bend, cable box, cable buoy, cable car, cablecast, cable graft, cablegram, cablelaid, cable molding

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Example sentences from the Web for cable car

It was a vagrant that he had rescued from beneath a cable-car and brought home in his arms.
Phases of an Inferior Planet|Ellen Glasgow
Besides, being crunched by a cable-car is a dreadful mussy way of dying, don't you think?
Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color|Brander Matthews
Then a cable-car clanged past with incessant bangs upon its gong.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact|Brander Matthews
Yesterday I was a cable-car conductor, and to-day I am a poet!
The Journal of Arthur Stirling|Upton Sinclair

"I'll take the cable-car and be there waiting for you," he responded.
Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color|Brander Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for cable car

cable car

noun

a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area

a cableway

a passenger car on a cable railway

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单词	cable car
释义	cable car or cable-car SEE SYNONYMS FOR cable car ON THESAURUS.COM noun a vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway. Origin of cable car An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Words nearby cable car Cabiri, cable, cable bend, cable box, cable buoy, cable car, cablecast, cable graft, cablegram, cablelaid, cable molding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cable car It was a vagrant that he had rescued from beneath a cable-car and brought home in his arms. Phases of an Inferior Planet\|Ellen Glasgow Besides, being crunched by a cable-car is a dreadful mussy way of dying, don't you think? Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color\|Brander Matthews Then a cable-car clanged past with incessant bangs upon its gong. Tales of Fantasy and Fact\|Brander Matthews Yesterday I was a cable-car conductor, and to-day I am a poet! The Journal of Arthur Stirling\|Upton Sinclair "I'll take the cable-car and be there waiting for you," he responded. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color\|Brander Matthews British Dictionary definitions for cable car cable car noun a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area a cableway a passenger car on a cable railway Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cable car trolley, tram, streetcar, trolley bus
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cable car

or cable-car

noun

Origin of cable car

Words nearby cable car

Example sentences from the Web for cable car

British Dictionary definitions for cable car

noun

Words related to cable car