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cable car

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cable car
n.
A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway.
cable car
Noun
a vehicle that is pulled up a steep slope by a moving cable
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Noun1.cable carcable car - a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
car
cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
Translations

cable car [ˈkeɪblkɑːʳ] cable n → téléphérique m
cable car cable n → (Draht)seilbahn f
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In truth, he saw nothing-unless he were wizard enough to detect a poignant wish, a powerful longing that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever.
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