motorcars

noun

plural of motorcar
as in cars
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels a convention for those who love antique motorcars

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Recent Examples of motorcars In the 1920s, Rolls-Royce was producing experimental motorcars. — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026 When motorcars were new, gasoline worked more like a service than a product, let alone a commodity. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorcars
  1. cars
  2. automobiles
  3. buses
  4. machines
Noun
  • At home, Indian authorities moved aggressively, seizing his properties and luxury assets, from high-end cars to jewelry and artworks.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The attack reduced the house to rubble and wrecked outbuildings and cars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of cars
Noun
  • However, his adaptation of this industrial technique to the manufacture of automobiles was world-changing.
    — Ted Leonsis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But as automobiles came to dominate cities, lawmakers worked toward a special type of homicide just for drivers.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of automobiles
Noun
  • More than 4,000 of the electric buses are now operating across the country.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Guests then piled onto Routemaster buses to head to the party at the gymnasium, where two of the couple’s friends DJed and a soul band played.
    — Jessica Salter, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of buses
Noun
  • The case was first launched in April 2009, when Smith and a companion were hunting on snow machines and the elderly man’s machine broke through the ice covering the Ungalikthluk River, not far from Togiak, and sank.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Once machines can perform routine intellectual labor, entire classes of office work could face the same pressure that mechanization brought to manual trades.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of machines

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