RACE CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does race car mean? 

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

1. a fast car that competes in races

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACE CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fast car that competes in races

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

race car; racer; racing car

Hypernyms ("race car" 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 "race car"):

cockpit (seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car)

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

finisher (a race car that finishes a race)

stock car (a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car)

 Context examples 

Nitromethane is used to make industrial antimicrobials and pharmaceuticals, and is also used as a soil fumigant and as a fuel in race car engines.

(Nitromethane, NCI Thesaurus)