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ELECTRIC CAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A car that is powered by electricity
Synonyms:
electric; electric automobile; electric car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("electric car" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Context examples:
The train pulled in to Sixteenth Street Station, and the waiting electric car could be seen, the conductor of which was impatiently clanging the gong.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
All this life through which the electric car whirred seemed remote and unreal, and he would have experienced little interest and less shock if the great stone steeple of the church he passed had suddenly crumbled to mortar-dust upon his head.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Martin rode down town on an electric car, and as he watched the houses and cross-streets slipping by he was aware of a regret that he was not more elated over his friend's success and over his own signal victory.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
