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CABLE CAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
Example:
they took a cable car to the top of the mountain
Synonyms:
cable car; car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cable car" is a kind of...):
compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)
Holonyms ("cable car" is a part of...):
cable railway; funicular; funicular railway (a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars)
