Meanings
nouncombination car (plural combination cars)
plural combination cars
- USrail transportA railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes, transporting passengers and freight.
Synonyms: combine car
- A vehicle that serves either as a hearse or as an ambulance.
- A tram or streetcar with separate open and closed compartments, often with the open compartment allowing smoking where the closed compartment does not.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes, transporting passengers and freight.
Similar
combine car
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APA
combination car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combination%20car
MLA
“combination car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combination%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “combination car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combination%20car.
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