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
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This modern relationship with product branding mimics 1960s and 1970s trends, when postwar prosperity allowed middle-class families to buy into symbols of upward mobility—station wagons, Tupperware, televisions.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Woodie station wagons became associated with surfing culture in the 1960s thanks to their affordability and cargo space with room for surfboards.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Woodie station wagons became associated with surfing culture in the 1960s thanks to their affordability and cargo space with room for surfboards.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for station wagon
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“Station wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20wagon. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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