boxcarnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɒks.kɑːr/us/ˈbɑːks.kɑːr/USa railway carriage with a roof, used for carrying goods
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
- air brake
- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- choo-choo
- coach
- commuter train
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- shuttle
- sleeping car
- truck
- wagon-lit
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Examples from literature
- Bunny and Sue crossed the street and walked along the string of boxcars, looking into those the doors of which were open.
- Is that freight? asked Sue, pointing to some broken boxes on the ground near a boxcar, the door of which stood open.
- Now he hurried to pass down the train to a boxcar with an open door.
- One day all of us who were able to walk were made to fall in and march over to the railroad, where we were loaded into boxcars.
- Rip had never seen an old-type railroad, or he might have likened the landing boat to a railroad boxcar.