Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estate car

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
es-tate -car
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of station wagon.

British usage

Etymology

From estate; estate cars were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between railway stations and country estates.

Usage

Inflected Forms

estate cars (plural)

Phrases

shooting break station sedan

Frequently Paired Words

shooting break station sedan estate[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms

station wagon beach wagon wagon beach waggon station waggon waggon

Questions

What does estate car mean?
Synonym of station wagon.
Where does estate car come from?
From estate; estate cars were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between railway stations and country estates.

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