Automobile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.
  • adj. Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
  • v. To travel by automobile.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.
  • verb-intransitive. to travel in an automobile.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Self-moving.
  • n. Any device or apparatus which is movable by a force placed within itself and is self-acting as to direction and control; specifically— A torpedo, carrying within itself a store of accumulated energy, which can be launched from a vessel or fort, and which, when properly directed and adjusted, will move through the water until it reaches the object at which it is aimed.
  • n. A vehicle, carrying within itself the source of the mechanical power which propels it, designed to move on common roads or high ways: a motor-car. ; ; ; ; ;
  • To ride in an automobile vehicle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
  • v. travel in an automobile
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    car    auto    motor cars   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    car    auto    machine    motorcar    motor    automatic    self-moving    locomobile    locomotive    automotive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    auto    vehicle    motorcycle    motor    bicycle    bus    airplane    taxi    locomotive    wagon