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BEACH WAGON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beach wagon mean?
• BEACH WAGON (noun)
The noun BEACH WAGON has 1 sense:
1. a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
Familiarity information: BEACH WAGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; station waggon; station wagon; waggon; wagon
Hypernyms ("beach wagon" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Meronyms (parts of "beach wagon"):
tailboard; tailgate (a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beach wagon"):
shooting brake (another name for a station wagon)
Context examples
Not more than six or eight will probably come, so I shall hire a beach wagon and borrow Mr. Laurence's cherry-bounce. (Hannah's pronunciation of char-a-banc.)
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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