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FREIGHT CAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
