Car

1. (n) A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus. 2. (n) Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others. 3. (n) (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo. 4. (n) A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills. 5. (n) (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit. 6. (n) (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not. 7. (n) A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car. 8. (n) The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism. 9. (n) The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels. 10. (n) The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus. 11. (n) (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track. 12. (n) (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car. 13. (n) (US) A floating perforated box for living fish. 14. (n) (US, prison slang) A clique or gang. 15. (n) (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list. 16. (n) (archaic) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal. 17. (n) (archaic) A cart. 18. (n) (archaic) A chariot. 19. (n) (UK, Birmingham, obsolete) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab. 20. (n) A surname. 21. (n) The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq"). 22. (n) (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat. [Terms relating to animals.] 23. (n) Initialism of Central African Republic. [A country in Central Africa.] 24. (n) (sports) Abbreviation of Carolina (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America) [(countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.] 25. (n) (Philippines) Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region. [a landlocked administrative region of the Philippines situated within the island of Luzon.] 26. (n) (uncountable, organic chemistry) Abbreviation of carnitine. [(organic chemistry) A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.] 27. (n) (countable, immunology) Initialism of chimeric antigen receptor. [(immunology) A receptor protein engineered to give T cells the (new) ability to attach to a specific target protein.]