HyperDic: cable_car

English > 1 sense of the expression cable car:
NOUNartifactcable car, cara conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
English > cable car: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway.
Example"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
Synonymcar
Part ofcable railway, funicular, funicular railwayA railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
BroadercompartmentA partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger / larger enclosed area
Spanishchoche, funicular, teleférico
Catalantelefèric

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