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FREIGHT CAR

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• FREIGHT CAR (noun)
The noun FREIGHT CAR has 1 sense:

1. a railway car that carries freight

Familiarity information: FREIGHT CAR used as a noun is very rare.

• FREIGHT CAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A railway car that carries freight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("freight car" is a kind of...):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freight car"):

boxcar (a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides)

cattle car (a freight car for transporting cattle)

coal car (freight car with fixed sides and no roof; for transporting coal)

flat; flatbed; flatcar (freight car without permanent sides or roof)

gondola; gondola car (a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof)

refrigerator car (a freight car that is equipped with refrigeration system)

tank; tank car (a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk)

Holonyms ("freight car" is a member of...):

freight train; rattler (a railroad train consisting of freight cars)

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