boxcar

noun

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box·car | \ ˈbäks-ˌkär

Definition of boxcar

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

boxcar

adjective

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 Whitehead reimagines the Underground Railroad as a boxcar powered by a steam locomotive transporting slaves to free states though subterranean tunnels. — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021 Even after the boxcar was vandalized and burned, people kept coming. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021 The boxcar in front of him might have a phalange that's worn down, so much that the wheels are catching. — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021 Linda Maria’s first memory of the Easter service was around 1964, at the age of 9 or 10, when it was hosted inside a boxcar near Sunrise Rock. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021 His father worked in a cannery, among other jobs, and for a year the family lived in a nearby railroad boxcar. — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 After the Bataan Death March, Straka was packed into a boxcar and shipped to Camp O’Donnell, a former Filipino base seized by the Japanese. — Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020 At one point, the explosions occurred in one-minute intervals and threw flaming splinters from the boxcar more than 10 miles away due to the wind. — Alana Minkler, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2020 Jim Sheridan was unemployed and rode railroad boxcars to get around during the Depression. — John Blake, CNN, 7 May 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The Marian portions rove from Montana to Manhattan to Scotland and Antarctica, and read like a carnival of early 20th century American history, packed with bootleggers, treacherous boxcar rides, and tragic shipwrecks. — Vogue, 29 May 2021 Dann and his father installed boxcar paneling with tongue-and-groove joints that flex when the camper is moving. — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2021 The boxcar life has its charms, as fans of Ming’s Noodle Bar have discovered in its life at The Yard at Olmos Park. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020

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