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
Four people were killed when a cable car crashed in southern Italy on Thursday.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Witnesses on the ground said the cable car plummeted into the valley below, hitting a pylon on the way down.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Four people were killed and another was severely injured on Thursday when their cable car crashed into a ravine in Italy.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
The Alps are a huge ski region that spans multiple countries and includes many villages connected by trails and cable cars, offering some of the most challenging ski runs in the world, including off-piste routes.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Witnesses on the ground said the cable car plummeted into the valley below, hitting a pylon on the way down.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Four people were killed and another was severely injured on Thursday when their cable car crashed into a ravine in Italy.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
The Alps are a huge ski region that spans multiple countries and includes many villages connected by trails and cable cars, offering some of the most challenging ski runs in the world, including off-piste routes.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Feb. 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 29 May. 2025.
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