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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
2
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
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Michelle Gross, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
This learning toy features a market wagon that attaches to it or can be pulled with a handle, and removable shape-sorter fruits and veggies (and a credit card!).
—Julie Evans, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
The model will be available as a sedan and sports wagon in Europe, though there’s no word if the latter will get a U.S. release.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
They can be accessed for between eight and 10 weeks this spring, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
While the Prologue shares hard points of its structure and basic midsize tall wagon form factor with the Blazer, Lyriq and Acura ZDX, each looks very different.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The fields can be visited daily through Mother’s Day, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Among the intriguing knickknacks on the shelves were a covered wagon replica and a decorative cluster of Lucite grapes that looked like large marbles.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
For just that reason, Conestoga wagons had the controls on the left side, close to the wagon driver’s right hand.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
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
Other towns have repeatedly fled rivers – Niobrara, Nebraska, hauled its houses by horse and wagon away from flooding in the Missouri River in 1881 and moved again in 1971.
—Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2021
The farm's dozens of other attractions, from a train and giant jumping pillows to wagon rides to a pumpkin patch, give it almost amusement-park status.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
Noun
Today, in addition to the General Store, Brie runs a mobile pie wagon delivering her famous homemade pies to food festivals and farmers' markets across the state.
—Michelle Gross, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
This learning toy features a market wagon that attaches to it or can be pulled with a handle, and removable shape-sorter fruits and veggies (and a credit card!).
—Julie Evans, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
The model will be available as a sedan and sports wagon in Europe, though there’s no word if the latter will get a U.S. release.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
They can be accessed for between eight and 10 weeks this spring, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
While the Prologue shares hard points of its structure and basic midsize tall wagon form factor with the Blazer, Lyriq and Acura ZDX, each looks very different.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The fields can be visited daily through Mother’s Day, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Among the intriguing knickknacks on the shelves were a covered wagon replica and a decorative cluster of Lucite grapes that looked like large marbles.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
For just that reason, Conestoga wagons had the controls on the left side, close to the wagon driver’s right hand.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
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
Other towns have repeatedly fled rivers – Niobrara, Nebraska, hauled its houses by horse and wagon away from flooding in the Missouri River in 1881 and moved again in 1971.
—Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2021
The farm's dozens of other attractions, from a train and giant jumping pillows to wagon rides to a pumpkin patch, give it almost amusement-park status.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
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“Wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wagon. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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