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

(en noun)

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.

the pools of Solomon

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* (rfdate) :

Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool .

* (rfdate) :

The sleepy pool above the dam.

A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

* (rfdate) :

The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell.

A swimming pool.

A supply of resources.

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.

* (rfdate) (William Makepeace Thackeray):

He plays pool at the billiard houses.

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.

The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.

A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.

The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.

He put $10,000 into the pool .

(rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

(legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.