combination car
English
editNoun
editcombination car (plural combination cars)
- (US, rail transport) A railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes, transporting passengers and freight.[1]
- Synonym: combine car
- A vehicle that serves either as a hearse or as an ambulance.
- A tram or streetcar with separate open and closed compartments, often with the open compartment allowing smoking where the closed compartment does not.
References
edit- ^ “combination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.