boxcar

noun, verb, adj — 4 senses

boxcar

noun

Etymology From box + car.

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport US An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.

The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 83:

Derived terms: boxcar function
Related terms: flatcar
Hypernyms: railroad car

boxcar

verb

Etymology From box + car.

1

Mathematics, Sciences To reduce to a boxcar function.

boxcar

adj

Etymology From box + car.

1

Extremely large.

boxcar

noun

1

Followed by "scar" A type of atrophic acne scar that forms a broad, box-like depression on the skin.

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