: very large
the judge awarded her a boxcar figure
Examples of boxcar in a Sentence
Adjective
a boxcar pile of paper
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Older residents talk about how their ancestors settled here, building homes out of scraps of boxcars, which gave the area its name.
—Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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Noun
But about a decade later, the boxcar presented to New Jersey disappeared.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Older residents talk about how their ancestors settled here, building homes out of scraps of boxcars, which gave the area its name.
—Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Adjective
As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn’t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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