freight car

English

Noun

freight car (plural freight cars)

  2. (US) A railway wagon for carrying goods.
    Synonyms: goods wagon (UK); more there
    Hypernyms: railroad car, railcar, car, railway wagon (broad sense), railway carriage (broad sense) < rolling stock < vehicle
    Hyponyms: ballast car, box car, boxcar, chemical car, coal car, gondola, gondola car, hopper car, reefer, tank car, tank wagon
    Coordinate terms: passenger car, railway carriage (narrow sense)

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