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CAR MAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does car maker mean?
• CAR MAKER (noun)
The noun CAR MAKER has 1 sense:
1. a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
Familiarity information: CAR MAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
auto maker; auto manufacturer; automaker; car maker; car manufacturer; carmaker
Hypernyms ("car maker" is a kind of...):
maker; manufacturer; manufacturing business (a business engaged in manufacturing some product)
Holonyms ("car maker" is a member of...):
automobile industry (the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively)
Context examples
The technology has the support of Japanese car maker Toyota and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company.
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