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wagon
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wag·on  (wgn)
n.
1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
2.
a. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
b. A station wagon.
c. A police patrol wagon.
3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.
5. Wagon The Big Dipper
6. Chiefly British An open railway freight car.
tr. & intr.v. wag·oned, wag·on·ing, wag·ons
To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.
Idioms:
off the wagon Slang
No longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages.
on the wagon Slang
Abstaining from alcoholic beverages.

[Middle English waggin, from Middle Dutch wagen; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

wagon, waggon [ˈwægən]
n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc., and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc.
2. (Transport / Railways) Brit a railway freight truck, esp an open one
3. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart
4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested
5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Chiefly US and Canadian See station wagon
6. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) an obsolete word for chariot
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing)
on (or off) the wagon Informal abstaining (or no longer abstaining) from alcoholic drinks
vb
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) to transport by wagon
[from Dutch wagen wain]
wagonless , waggonless adj

Wagon, Waggon [ˈwægən]
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the. another name for the Plough
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wagonwagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
axletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve
bandwagon - a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade"
cart - a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
chuck wagon - a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)
Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
ice wagon, ice-wagon - (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
lorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
milk wagon, milkwagon - wagon for delivering milk
tramcar, tram - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"
wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon
wain - large open farm wagon
water waggon, water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)
wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
2.wagonwagon - van used by police to transport prisoners
van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
3.wagonWagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Great Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
4.wagonwagon - a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
5.wagonwagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
shooting brake - another name for a station wagon
tailboard, tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
Translations
wagon [ˈwægən] N
1. (horse-drawn) → carro m; (= truck) → camión m (Brit) (Rail) → vagón m (US) (also station wagon) → furgoneta f, camioneta f (US) (= police van) → furgón m policial
to be on the wagonno beber
he decided to go on the wagonse resolvió a no beber
to hitch one's wagon to a starpicar muy alto
2. (also tea wagon) → carrito m

wagon waggon [ˈwægən] (British) n
(= cart) → chariot m
(= part of train) → wagon m
on the wagon → au régime sec

wagon
n
(horse-drawn) → Fuhrwerk nt, → Wagen m; (= covered wagon)Planwagen m; (US: = delivery truck) → Lieferwagen m; (= child’s toy cart)Leiterwagen m; (= tea wagon etc)Wagen m; (US inf) (= police car)Streifenwagen m; (for transporting prisoners) → grüne Minna (inf); (Brit inf) (= car)Karre f (inf); (= lorry)Laster m (inf)
(Brit Rail) → Wag(g)on m
(inf) I’m on the wagonich trinke nichts; to go on the wagonunter die Abstinenzler gehen (inf)

wagon:
wagonload
nWagenladung f; books/prisoners arrived by the wagonganze Wagenladungen von Büchern/Gefangenen kamen an
wagon train
nZug mvon Planwagen

wagon waggon [ˈwægən] n (horse-drawn) → carro; (truck) → camion m inv (Rail) → vagone m merci inv; (trolley) → carrello
he's on the wagon again! (fam) → ha nuovamente smesso di bere!
wagon waggon [ˈwægən] n (horse-drawn) → carro; (truck) → camion m inv (Rail) → vagone m merci inv; (trolley) → carrello
he's on the wagon again! (fam) → ha nuovamente smesso di bere!

wagon
n wagon, waggon [ˈwӕgən]
1 a type of four-wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads a hay wagon. wa مَرْكَبَه، عَرَبَة نَقْل вагон vůz vogn; -vogn der Wagen κάρο carro vagun ارابه vankkurit chariot, charrette עֲגָלָה चौपहिया छकड़ा kola szekér gerobak (flutnings)vagn carro 荷車 (각종) 사륜차 vežimas furgons; rati wagon wagen vogn wóz carroça căruţă фургон; повозка voz tovornjak teretna kola vagn, skrinda รถสี่ล้อที่ใช้สำหรับขนของ at/öküz arabası 運貨四輪車 фургон چار پہیوں والی گاڑی جس سے بار برداری کا کام لیا جاتا ہے xe ngựa; xe bò
2 an open railway carriage for goods a goods wagon. wa, trok عَرَبَة قِطار مَكْشوفَه товарен вагон vagón godsvogn der Waggon φορτηγό βαγόνι vagón kaubavagun گاري rautatievaunu wagon (de marchandises) קָרוֹן מִטעָן वैगन vagon tehervagon gerbong vöruflutningavagn vagone 貨車 (철도의) 무개 화차 platforminis vagonas preču vagons; platforma gerabak kereta api terbuka untuk mengangkut barang wagon godsvogn wagon, lora vagão vagon (de marfă) вагон-платформа vagón tovorni vagon teretni vagon godsvagn ตู้สินค้ารถไฟ yük/eşya vagonu 無蓬鐵路貨車 вагон-платформа مال گاڑی کا کھلا ہوا ڈبہ toa xe hàng


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