PASSENGER CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passenger car mean? 

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

1. a railcar where passengers ride

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASSENGER CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A railcar where passengers ride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carriage; coach; passenger car

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

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

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

buffet car; diner; dining car; dining compartment (a passenger car where food is served in transit)

nonsmoker; nonsmoking car (a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke)

chair car; drawing-room car; palace car; parlor car; parlour car (a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs)

Pullman; Pullman car (luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel)

sleeper; sleeping car; wagon-lit (a passenger car that has berths for sleeping)

smoker; smoking car; smoking carriage; smoking compartment (a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke)

Holonyms ("passenger car" is a member of...):

passenger train (a train that carries passengers)