RAILCAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does railcar mean? 

• RAILCAR (noun)
  The noun RAILCAR has 1 sense:

1. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

  Familiarity information: RAILCAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAILCAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car

Context example:

three cars had jumped the rails

Hypernyms ("railcar" is a kind of...):

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)

Meronyms (parts of "railcar"):

suspension; suspension system (a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railcar"):

baggage car; luggage van (a railway car where passengers' bags are carried)

cabin car; caboose (a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train)

club car; lounge car (railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs)

freight car (a railway car that carries freight)

guard's van (the car on a train that is occupied by the guard)

handcar (a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor)

mail car (a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted)

carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)

slip carriage; slip coach (a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train)

tender (car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water)

van ((Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight)

Holonyms ("railcar" is a member of...):

railroad train; train (public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive)