cable car
noun
: a vehicle moved by an endless cable:
a
: one suspended from an overhead cable
b
: one that moves along tracks
Examples of cable car in a Sentence
The skiers took a cable car to the top of the mountain.
Tourists packed the cable cars on the hilly streets of San Francisco.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Cable Car Experience Unlike many mountain cable cars that require a long drive or shuttle ride, the Romsdal Gondola begins right in the centre of Åndalsnes.
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The rest of the day was spent feasting on Dungeness crab, taking a scenic ride up a mountain in a cable car for a hike to a hidden lake, and—for many passengers—screaming back down the mountain on a zipline.
—Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
The story of the dramatic attempt to rescue the kids and two adults trapped in the cable car will be told in a new documentary now in production from EverWonder Studio and Mindhouse Productions.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the park has a number of attractions including a glass viewing platform, super mountain slide, high-altitude flying and cable cars and videos and pictures of these often circulate on social media.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The rest of the day was spent feasting on Dungeness crab, taking a scenic ride up a mountain in a cable car for a hike to a hidden lake, and—for many passengers—screaming back down the mountain on a zipline.
—Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
The story of the dramatic attempt to rescue the kids and two adults trapped in the cable car will be told in a new documentary now in production from EverWonder Studio and Mindhouse Productions.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the park has a number of attractions including a glass viewing platform, super mountain slide, high-altitude flying and cable cars and videos and pictures of these often circulate on social media.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cable car
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“Cable car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20car. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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