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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Everyone was up for hiking and taking cable cars to waterfalls; paragliding was sadly vetoed. — Claudia Laroye, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Tony Massara, 72, hopped on a cable car from his home in the Nob Hill neighborhood to take photos of the flooding. — Amy Graff, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The grassy banks that surround the track are now covered in hospitality structures, including one connected to the paddock building by cable car, complete with not one but two swimming pools. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

There were the boys within the cable car filming what was happening to them. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cable car

• abattoir
• alcazar
• autocar
• avatar
• belshazzar
• caviar
• caviare
• cinnabar
• commissar
• condylar
• deodar
• handlebar

Kids Definition

cable car

noun

: a car moved on tracks by an endless cable or along an overhead cable