boxcar

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6

Definition of boxcar

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
    “The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.”
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noun

  1. (US)An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
    “The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.”
  2. (attributive)A type of atrophic acne scar that forms a broad, box-like depression on the skin.

verb

  1. (transitive)To reduce to a boxcar function.

adj

  1. Extremely large.

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Etymology

From box + car.

Hooks

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