station wagon

noun

: an automobile that has a passenger compartment which extends to the back of the vehicle, that has no trunk, that has one or more rear seats which can be folded down to make space for light cargo, and that has a tailgate or liftgate

Examples of station wagon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the cinematic video, Carpenter is hitchhiking across a desert landscape in everything from pickup trucks to station wagons to a grocery cart sidecar beside a motorcycle, all the while accompanied by himbos washing themselves with gasoline or trying to smoke a firecracker like a cigarette. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025

No vehicle class has been more affected by the rise of the SUV than the station wagon. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 May 2025

Think your giant sport-utility vehicle is cooler than the middling station wagon? —Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 May 2025

The historically authentic Clean Slate writing staff was assembled at Sony, and requisite selfies were soon taken in front of the Ghostbusters station wagon. —Dan Ewen, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for station wagon

• agone
• dragon
• lagan
• waggon
• anlagen
• bandwagon
• snapdragon

Kids Definition

station wagon

noun

: an automobile that has a large open area behind the back seat instead of a trunk and that has a door at the back for loading and unloading things