Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated)An enclosed passenger motor vehicle: a car (automobile).

    a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

  2. (US)A self-propelled railway vehicle.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Carriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar.

  2. She came very near being run over by a motorcar.

  3. Selling motorcars is my business.

    deAutos zu verkaufen ist mein Beruf. — MUIRIEL

  4. I am very much surprised to hear that he got badly injured in a motorcar accident.

Origin

From motor + car.

From motor + car.

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Forms

plural: motorcars

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmogas

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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