boxcar

C2+ Topic:Transportation

US /ˈbɑksˌkɑr/ UK /ˈbɒksˌkɑː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an enclosed railroad freight car

Hoboes once rode the rails hidden in a boxcar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an enclosed railroad... freightcarwagon van

Word family

Related forms box car

Etymology

An American compound of box + car. Box is from Old English box, from Late Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek pyxis ('boxwood container'); car from Old French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle').

buxis la-lat carrus Latin

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Topics

Transportation Word Formation & Derivatives

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# boxcar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɑksˌkɑr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɒksˌkɑː/

## Meanings
1. an enclosed railroad freight car

## Examples
- Hoboes once rode the rails hidden in a boxcar.

## Synonyms
- freightcar
- wagon
- van

## Related Forms
- box
- car

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: buxis
- Root: carrus

## Etymology
An American compound of box + car. Box is from Old English box, from Late Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek pyxis ('boxwood container'); car from Old French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle').

## AI Etymology
Boxcar is an American compound of box + car. Box is from Old English box, from Late Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek pyxis ('boxwood container'); car from Old French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'). Important recorded forms include buxis (Latin) and carrus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers an enclosed railroad freight car. The wider family includes related words such as box and car.

## Topics
- Transportation
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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