wagonnoun [ C ]
UK also waggon uk/ˈwæɡ.ən/us/ˈwæɡ.ən/a vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen, used for transporting heavy goods, especially in the past:
The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons.
See also
bandwagon
station wagon
Welcome Wagon
a small vehicle like a box on four wheels, which has a long handle to pull it along, and is used by children as a toy:
He pulled his brother along in his little red wagon.
UK US freight car a large wheeled container for transporting goods, that is pulled by a train:
a goods wagon
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Carriages & carts
- cab
- cart
- chariot
- coach
- covered wagon
- dogcart
- dogsled
- dray
- gig
- gondola
- hansom cab
- horse float
- horse-drawn
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- rickshaw
- sedan chair
- surrey
- trap
- wagon train
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
Idiom(s)
fall off the wagon
on the wagon