motorcar
Americannoun
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a more formal word for car
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a self-propelled electric railway car
Etymology
Origin of motorcar
Example Sentences
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“I shouted ‘Motorcar, motorcar, motorcar,’ which was about the only English I remembered from high school, hoping that someone would bring an automobile to drive me to headquarters.”
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Zelenskyy nixed the usual motorcar parade to walk among the throng that elected him, taking selfies with people along the way.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2022
But as the steam engine gave way to the motorcar in the 1920s, the building found another new life: Thomas J. Crowell’s fuel and auto body shop.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017
Marinetti's hot-headed poets and artists wrestled with the icon of the motorcar.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2014
But Miss Love thinks she’s figgered out the receipt for success in the motorcar business.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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