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freight car

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freight car
n.
A railroad car designed for carrying freight.
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Noun1.freight carfreight car - a railway car that carries freight  
boxcar - a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides
railcar, railroad car, railway car, car - a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"
cattle car - a freight car for transporting cattle
coal car - freight car with fixed sides and no roof; for transporting coal
flatbed, flatcar, flat - freight car without permanent sides or roof
freight train, rattler - a railroad train consisting of freight cars
gondola, gondola car - a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
refrigerator car - a freight car that is equipped with refrigeration system
tank car, tank - a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk
Translations
freight car
n (US Rail) → Güterwagen m
freight car n (Am) → carro m merci inv
freight car n (Am) → carro m merci inv


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Here and there would be a bridge crossing a filthy creek, with hard-baked mud shores and dingy sheds and docks along it; here and there would be a railroad crossing, with a tangle of switches, and locomotives puffing, and rattling freight cars filing by; here and there would be a great factory, a dingy building with innumerable windows in it, and immense volumes of smoke pouring from the chimneys, darkening the air above and making filthy the earth beneath.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
From his book, entitled "The Battles of Labor," is quoted the declaration that "in some of the great historic strikes the employers themselves have instigated acts of violence;" that manufacturers have deliberately provoked strikes in order to get rid of surplus stock; and that freight cars have been burned by employers' agents during railroad strikes in order to increase disorder.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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