Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

station wagon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: sta-tion wag-on
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage

noun

A vehicle (either horse-drawn or motorized) providing transport to and from a railway station for passengers and their luggage.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1952 November, Should You Buy A Station Wagon?, Kiplinger′s Personal Finance, page 45, Trade-in values for station wagons have shown a marked improvement since the introduction of the all-steel body. In fact, a station wagon buyer need not worry about his investment′s depreciating any more than he would have to if he bought a four-door sedan."
"The Negro was lying in a ditch on the left side of the road, face down, headed west, and the body more or less parallel to the road and about a car length behind the station wagon and a car length in front of Price′s car."
"The prosperity of the postwar years, the baby boom, and the birth of suburbia sent the demand for station wagons soaring. As a result, by 1952 almost every manufacturer offered a station wagon model."
"They rushed him to nearby Coledale Hospital in the back of a station wagon where doctors were standing by."
"Two Johns (John Hoban and John Groutsch) came to Essendon airport in their Holden station wagon to take me back to Tocumwal for an interview."
"We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith."

Etymology

From train station; station wagons were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between stations and country estates.

Usage

Inflected Forms

station wagons (plural)

Phrases

shooting brake

Frequently Paired Words

shooting brake miniwagon wagon[Appendix:Glossary sedan saloon coupe minivan people carrier

Synonyms

estate car estate[Appendix:Glossary station sedan beach wagon wagon beach waggon station waggon waggon

Questions

What does station wagon mean?: A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.
Where does station wagon come from?: From train station; station wagons were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between stations and country estates.

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