Meanings
nounsoapbox car (plural soapbox cars)
plural soapbox cars
- A vehicle without a motor, often made from wood or other common household materials.
Synonyms: gravity racer, soapbox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vehicle without a motor, often made from wood or other common household materials.
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Origin
Originally built from wooden soap crates.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch zeepkist
- zeepkistvehicle
Finnish mäkiauto
- mäkiautovehicle
French caisse à savon, boîte à savon
- caisse à savonvehicle
- boîte à savonvehicle
German Seifenkiste
- Seifenkistevehicle
Japanese ソープボックス
- ソープボックス (sōpubokkusu)vehicle
Norwegian olabil
- olabilvehicle
Polish pojazd zjeżdżający z górki
- pojazd zjeżdżający z górkivehicle
Portuguese carrinho de rolimã, carrinho de rolamentos
- carrinho de rolimãvehicle
- carrinho de rolamentosvehicle
Russian миника́р
- миника́р (minikár)vehicle
Swedish lådbil
- lådbilvehicle
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APA
soapbox car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soapbox%20car
MLA
“soapbox car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soapbox%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soapbox car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soapbox%20car.
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