English Explanatory Dictionary

boxcar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
  1. To reduce to a boxcar function.
adj
  1. Extremely large.
noun
  1. A type of atrophic acne scar that forms a broad, box-like depression on the skin.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-boxcar.wav

Word forms

boxcar boxcars box car box-car boxcarring boxcarred more boxcar most boxcar

Etymology

From box + car.

Synonyms

covered goods wagon goods van box van van house car gigantic enormous ample big cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous giant grand great hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine elephantic gargantuan giantesque

Related words

flatcar

Derived words

boxcar function
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