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BOXCAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boxcar mean?
• BOXCAR (noun)
The noun BOXCAR has 1 sense:
1. a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
Familiarity information: BOXCAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boxcar" is a kind of...):
freight car (a railway car that carries freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boxcar"):
stockcar (boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock)
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