"boxcar" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-boxcar.wav [US] Forms: boxcar thumb [canonical], boxcars [plural]
Etymology: box + car Etymology templates: {{compound|en|box|car}} box + car Head templates: {{en-noun}} boxcar (plural boxcars)
  1. (rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: covered goods wagon [formal], goods van (english: British and Australian English:), box van, van, box car, box-car, goods van [UK] Hypernyms: railroad car Derived forms: boxcar function Related terms: flatcar Translations (enclosed goods wagon): umpivaunu (Finnish), furgonetka (Polish), това́рный ваго́н (továrnyj vagón) [masculine] (Russian), sluten godsvagn [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boxcar-en-noun-A8vzsOe3 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-boxcar.wav [US] Forms: boxcars [present, singular, third-person], boxcarring [participle, present], boxcarred [participle, past], boxcarred [past]
Etymology: box + car Etymology templates: {{compound|en|box|car}} box + car Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} boxcar (third-person singular simple present boxcars, present participle boxcarring, simple past and past participle boxcarred)
  1. (mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-boxcar-en-verb-Y2tqhZ~6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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