"cattle car" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cattle car.ogg Forms: cattle cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cattle car (plural cattle cars)
  1. A car, often a train car or semi-trailer, used to transport cattle. Synonyms: cattle wagon Translations (a car, often a train car or semi-trailer, used to transport cattle): marhavagon (Hungarian), wagon bydlęcy [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cattle_car-en-noun-v2~I23ek Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Rail transportation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'a car, often a train car or semi-trailer, used to transport cattle': 99 1
  2. (slang) A paddy wagon: a van for transporting people who have been arrested. Tags: slang Translations (a van for transporting people who have been arrested): radiowóz [masculine] (Polish), suka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cattle_car-en-noun-QFvhXFt2 Disambiguation of 'a van for transporting people who have been arrested': 7 93

Inflected forms

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