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motorcar

noun (a motorcar, motorcars — old-fashioned)

«motorcar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(old-fashioned, formal) A car, a road vehicle with an engine that carries a few people. tree →

In the lessons

Seen in old books and history lessons about the first cars; today people just say "car". Phrases: early motorcars, the first motorcar.

Examples

The first motorcars were noisy and slow. tree →
In the old story, the family rode in a shiny motorcar. tree →
Horses were scared of the early motorcars. tree →
The museum has a motorcar with big wooden wheels. tree →
Grandpa jokes that his car is a "motorcar". tree →
Before the motorcar, people travelled by horse and cart. tree →

Note

Old-fashioned; also written "motor car". Today: car (UK, US), automobile (US formal). Countable.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «motorcar» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«motorcar» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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