motor car
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of motorcar (“automobile”).
Example Sentences
- "The 20 sets of B.W. [British Westinghouse] equipment, including motor bogies and traction motors, were refitted to 20 new motor cars, similar in design to the 1913 stock, again at the railway company's Neasden Works."
- "A motor car is provided with two self-ventilated series-wound G.E.C. traction motors, each having a continuous rating of 80 h.p. at 575 V. 116 A. at a field strength of 66 per cent."
- "Today the motor car is not taken seriously as a solution to the problems of mass transport, and the transport planners of south-east England - and the mayor of London himself, judging by his Transport Plan - think in terms of trains and underground trains in particular […]"
Usage
- American usage