Definition of boxcar
: a roofed freight car usually with sliding doors in the sides
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Recent Examples of boxcar from the Web
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Blasts of reds from rhododendron bushes the size of railroad boxcars will stop you frequently, begging a closer look.
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Since the days of the Transcontinental Railroad, boxcars have shuttled all manner of goods.
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The night of the attack, police heard yelling and followed the noise to a boxcar.
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There are various scale model trains in action and visitors can step onboard a 1942 steam engine, a 1922 Pullman dining car, a 1975 boxcar and a 1950 caboose.
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The night of the attack, police heard yelling and followed the noise to a boxcar.
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The street boomed in the late 19th century when a large wooden boxcar factory was based there.
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The night of the attack, police heard yelling and followed the noise to a boxcar.
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Those jobs don’t allow workers to deliver packages on the company’s traditional brown boxcars.
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First Known Use of boxcar
1851
Examples of boxcar in a Sentence
a boxcar pile of paper
Origin and Etymology of boxcar
from the high numbers stenciled on the sides of boxcars
BOXCAR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of boxcar for English Language Learners
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: a section of a train that has a roof and large, sliding doors and that carries goods and supplies rather than people
BOXCAR Defined for Kids
Definition of boxcar for Students
: a roofed freight car usually having sliding doors in the sides
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