combination car

English

Noun

combination car (plural combination cars)

  1. (US, rail transport) A railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes, transporting passengers and freight.[1]
    Synonym: combine car
  2. A vehicle that serves either as a hearse or as an ambulance.
  3. A tram or streetcar with separate open and closed compartments, often with the open compartment allowing smoking where the closed compartment does not.

References
  1. “combination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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