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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

carbuilder en · NOUN

Etymology

From car + builder.

Meanings

  1. (US) A manufacturer of railroad cars.
    • At least three companies (including two carbuilders) lease the latest piggyback cars to individual railroads, which enables the carriers to escape a capital investment or obligation for debt service. 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 687:

Forms

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car-builder alternative lexicographic
car builder alternative lexicographic
carbuilders Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

carmaker[phantonym]]s> · automaker

Hypernyms

manufacturer