: 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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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Big boxcar body the color of rough rust and vaulted up off of the axles.
—Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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Noun
Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Big boxcar body the color of rough rust and vaulted up off of the axles.
—Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Among many items featured is the rich discovery of a guitar that belonged to a woman who was part of a trio of singers who performed at a boxcar church.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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