Definition of boxcar
: a roofed freight car usually with sliding doors in the sides
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In the summer, staff brings out boxcar-like storage containers for larger items such as buoys and paddleboards, which are kept in private storage during the offseason.
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Three boxcars of a local westbound freight train loaded with wood pulp slipped off the tracks in Gardner on Tuesday night, resulting in heavy traffic issues but no injuries, officials said.
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How does a 12-seat restaurant that charges $97 a head to eat in a converted boxcar earn that title?
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In addition to Rudy, the Holiday Express includes a gingerbread boxcar, an elves’ workshop, a reindeer stable and a red caboose.
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The whistle came first, a warning, followed by a distant roar, and then a bump, bump, bumping, as a hundred boxcars lurched past some distant crossing.
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The Pelicans showed in a 103-91 loss at Memphis on Wednesday night that their twin towers -- Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins -- can post boxcar numbers.
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Six thousand years or more of human civilization have come to this: In the citadel’s central square is a tall metal pole with a Kurdish flag the size of a boxcar.
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The percentage of people watching the world go by through the open door of a boxcar or riding a raft down the Mississippi is right down there with the percentage of elephants who find themselves in town being fitted for green suits.
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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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