NOUN | artifact | cable car, car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway |
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Meaning | A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway. | |
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Example | "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" | |
Synonym | car | |
Part of | cable railway, funicular, funicular railway | A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
Broader | compartment | A partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger / larger enclosed area |
Spanish | choche, funicular, teleférico | |
Catalan | telefèric |
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