estate car

noun

British

Examples of estate car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s on par with a station wagon / estate car, but many electric SUVs provide much more, particularly the Skoda Enyaq iV and Tesla Model Y. The electric Ford Explorer doesn’t look very much like the 2020 internal combustion version or indeed any Explorers that went before it. James Morris, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 That’s slightly less than a small station wagon / estate car or SUV, but again ahead of a compact hatchback. James Morris, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022 This is beyond a compact estate car / station wagon, and close to what a larger SUV such ask Skoda’s Enyaq iV has to offer. James Morris, Forbes, 2 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of estate car was in 1948

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“Estate car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estate%20car. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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