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estate car

noun

, British.


estate car

noun

  1. a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space Also called (esp US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ)station wagon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of estate car1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

Witness testimony said a man carrying a bag left the scene and later got into an estate car, and officers worked to identify him.

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One of those lines of inquiry was a dark green estate car seen parked near the shop at the time of the killing.

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Officers said she was reportedly seen getting into a dark estate car near the Angel Pub before driving away.

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Eight bullet holes could be seen in the windscreen of a large black estate car.

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She was photographed in a headscarf and sunglasses behind the wheel of a green Jaguar estate car.

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