| 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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