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HORSELESS CARRIAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horseless carriage mean?
• HORSELESS CARRIAGE (noun)
The noun HORSELESS CARRIAGE has 1 sense:
1. an early term for an automobile
Familiarity information: HORSELESS CARRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early term for an automobile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
when automobiles first replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless carriages
Hypernyms ("horseless carriage" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
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