See also: box-car and box car

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From box +‎ car.

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boxcar (plural boxcars)

 
  1. (rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
    Synonyms: (formal in the UK) covered goods wagon, (British and Australian English:) goods van, box van, van

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boxcar (third-person singular simple present boxcars, present participle boxcarring, simple past and past participle boxcarred)

  1. (mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.