PACE CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pace car mean? 

• PACE CAR (noun)
  The noun PACE CAR has 1 sense:

1. a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course

  Familiarity information: PACE CAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACE CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pace car" is a kind of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Domain category:

auto racing; car racing (the sport of racing automobiles)