cable car
noun
: a vehicle moved by an endless cable:
a
: one suspended from an overhead cable
b
: one that moves along tracks
Examples of cable car in a Sentence
The skiers took a cable car to the top of the mountain.
Tourists packed the cable cars on the hilly streets of San Francisco.
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Here, self-driving cars navigated around cable cars, and start-ups were based in Victorian houses.
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Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Visitors can soak in spectacular panoramas from its summit by cable car or by hiking trails such as Lion’s Head and Platteklip Gorge.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
For the best perspective on Tromsø’s island setting, ride the Fjellheisen cable car.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
According to The Guardian, Italian newspapers have throughout the summer repeatedly run images of overcrowding at popular hiking destinations and at cable cars in the Alps.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2025
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Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Visitors can soak in spectacular panoramas from its summit by cable car or by hiking trails such as Lion’s Head and Platteklip Gorge.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
For the best perspective on Tromsø’s island setting, ride the Fjellheisen cable car.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
According to The Guardian, Italian newspapers have throughout the summer repeatedly run images of overcrowding at popular hiking destinations and at cable cars in the Alps.
—Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cable car
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“Cable car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20car. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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