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station wagon

An automobile having an extended interior with a third seat or luggage platform and a door or tailgate at the back.

[Originally a covered wagon used to convey passengers from a train station to their hotel.]

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station wagon

(Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian and Austral and NZ and South African a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space. British term: estate car

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sta′tion wag`on

an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats and an area behind these seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.

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Noun

station wagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, waggon, wagon

auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"

shooting brake - another name for a station wagon

tailboard, tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading

Translations

سَتِيشُن واجُون

kombi

stationcar

Kombiwagen

στέισον βάγκον

carro familiar coche familiar

farmariauto

break

karavan

station wagon vettura familiare

エステートカー

스테이션 왜건

stationcar

stasjonsvogn

samochód kombi

carrinha carro de passeio

автомобиль с кузовом «универсал»

herrgårdsvagn

รถเก๋งที่บรรทุกทั้งคนและสินค้า

vagon

ô tô rộng năm cửa

旅行车

station wagon

n (Am) (Aut) → station-wagon f, familiare f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

station wagon

→ سَتِيشُن واجُون kombi stationcar Kombiwagen στέισον βάγκον carro familiar, coche familiar farmariauto break karavan vettura familiare エステートカー 스테이션 왜건 stationcar stasjonsvogn samochód kombi carrinha, carro de passeio автомобиль с кузовом «универсал» herrgårdsvagn รถเก๋งที่บรรทุกทั้งคนและสินค้า vagon ô tô rộng năm cửa 旅行车

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