POLICE CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does police car mean? 

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

1. a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLICE CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cruiser; patrol car; police car; police cruiser; prowl car; squad car

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "police car"):

panda car (a police cruiser)