"lift car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lift cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lift car (plural lift cars)
  1. (UK) The passenger-carrying vehicle in a lift shaft. Tags: UK Synonyms: elevator car
    Sense id: en-lift_car-en-noun-FRxuN-L- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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