Noun

(en noun)

(dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal.

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.

She drove her car to the mall.

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars : […] .}}

(rail transport, chiefly, North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

From the front-most car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.

The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.

The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

* {{quote-book, 1850, , 3= A System of Aeronautics, page=152

, passage=Everything being apparently in readiness now, I stepped into the car of the balloon,

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

* {{quote-book, 1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, page=201 citation

, passage=On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck }}

(uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

Buy now! You can get more car for your money.

(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.

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Noun

(en noun)

(computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list

* Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach , 2000 :

The elements of a list are the successive cars''' along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the '''car''', the '''car''' of the cdr, the '''car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.

Noun

(s)

A flying insect, of the superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies and for collecting pollen and producing wax and honey.

*1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :

*:His face was belymmed as byes had him stounge.

*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.12:

An angry Wasp th'one in a viall had, / Th'other in hers an hony-laden Bee .

*, II.12:

*:Can there be a more formall, and better ordered policie, divided into so severall charges and offices, more constantly entertained, and better maintained, than that of Bees ?

*2012 , ‘Subtle poison’, The Economist , 31 March:

*:Bees pollinate many of the world’s crops—a service estimated to be worth $15 billion a year in America alone.

Noun

(en noun)

A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.

geography bee

A gathering for a specific purpose, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.

* S. G. Goodrich

The cellar was dug by a bee in a single day.

* 2011 , Tim Blanning, "The reinvention of the night", Times Literary Supplement , 21 Sep 2011:

Particularly resistant, for example, in many parts of northern Europe was the “spinning bee ”, a nocturnal gathering of women to exchange gossip, stories, refreshment and – crucially – light and heat, as they spun wool or flax, knitted or sewed.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.

* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:

And Kynge Arthure gaff hir a ryche bye of golde; and so she departed.

* 1658 , Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial , Penguin 2005, page 16:

...restoring unto the world much gold richly adorning his Sword, two hundred Rubies, many hundred Imperial Coynes, three hundred golden Bees , the bones and horseshoe of his horse enterred with him...

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Noun

(en noun)

Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.