boxcar

See also: box-car and box car

English

Etymology

box +‎ car

Noun

boxcar (plural boxcars)

1. (rail transport, US) An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door.

Synonyms

• box van (UK)
• goods van (UK)

Derived terms

• boxcar function

Translations

enclosed railroad freight car

• Danish: godsvogn c
• Finnish: härkävaunu
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• Russian: това́рный ваго́н m (továrnyj vagón)
• Swedish: godsvagn (sv) c

See also

• flatcar

Verb

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.