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a
: a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals
b
: a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers
c
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British
: a railway freight car
3
: a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child
4
: a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room
the dessert wagon
5
: a delivery truck
a milk wagon
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wagoned; wagoning; wagons
: to travel or transport goods by wagon
: to transport (goods) by wagon
Examples of wagon in a Sentence
Noun
Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons.
He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon.
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The Editors, Outside Online, 1 June 2019
Chris Bobek, who lives a couple of blocks south of Harrer, pulled daughter Sophie, 3, in a classic fire-red Radio Flyer wagon up to the complex’s main entrance.
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Noun
Israel can and must be the engine of the crypto industry rather than a trailing wagon.
—Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Everything from the Conestoga wagon to early computer processing was developed along it.
—James Dodson
july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Verb
And Buck weaves in the fascinating history of the original Oregon Trail, revealing surprising details about everything from mules to wagon design to the tragedies the original pioneers faced.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 1 June 2019
Chris Bobek, who lives a couple of blocks south of Harrer, pulled daughter Sophie, 3, in a classic fire-red Radio Flyer wagon up to the complex’s main entrance.
—George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2022
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“Wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wagon. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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