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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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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The night of the attack, police heard yelling and followed the noise to a boxcar.
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The night of the attack, police heard yelling and followed the noise to a boxcar.
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Conjunction Junction, what’s your function? Hooking up two boxcars and making ’em run right.
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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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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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