boxcar

box·car | \ ˈbäks-ˌkär

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Definition of boxcar

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a roofed freight car usually with sliding doors in the sides

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Definition of boxcar (Entry 2 of 2)

: very large the judge awarded her a boxcar figure

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Adjective a boxcar pile of paper

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Jim Sheridan was unemployed and rode railroad boxcars to get around during the Depression. — John Blake, CNN, "What Americans who beat the Great Depression can teach us today," 7 May 2020 He was schooled in the Brooks Scanlon logging camp, in a railroad boxcar with holes cut in the side. — oregonlive, "Les Schwab’s sale shakes up an Oregon institution," 6 Feb. 2020 The event, hosted at the Eighth Street brewery in Tempe, will feature beer can boxcars made by locals and brewers. — Tirion Morris, azcentral, "Calling all beer lovers: Here are 10 can't-miss events during Arizona Craft Beer Week," 6 Feb. 2020 Born in Bend in 1917, Les Schwab went to school in a boxcar cut with holes at the Brooks Scanlon logging camp. — oregonlive, "Les Schwab’s sale shakes up an Oregon institution," 6 Feb. 2020 In sealed boxcars, Wobblies from around the country were brought to Chicago’s Cook County Jail. — Adam Hochschild, The New Yorker, "When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals," 4 Nov. 2019 Lebsack admitted to defecating on a portion of the train connecting a locomotive and boxcar during a Nov. 20, 2016 stop. — Fox News, "Judge orders Union Pacific to rehire engineer who defecated on train," 23 Nov. 2019 Then, Sears would ship the homes from Chicago via boxcar, offering a new path to property ownership for low- and middle-class families. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, "KT Tunstall sells her mail-order Craftsman home in Venice for $2.5 million," 9 Oct. 2019 The first stage of the boxcar-size plant separates CO2 from air and then feeds the CO2 to Sunfire's fuel cell. — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, "Can the world make the chemicals it needs without oil?," 19 Sep. 2019

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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 13 Jul. 2020.

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