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carriage
Found in thesaurus: car, railroad car, railway car, railcar, horse-drawn vehicle, bodily property, mechanism, wheeled vehicle
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carriage
n.
coach, buggy; railroad car; transportation; mechanism that prepares the next sheet of paper before it is fed into a printer (Computers); pedestal of a cannon; walking, manner of carrying oneself; paper feeder in a typewriter
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Carriage
A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters (palanquins) and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light, smart and fast or heavy, large and comfortable. Carriages normally have suspension using leaf springs, elliptical springs (in the 19th century) or leather strapping. A public passenger vehicle would not usually be called a carriage – terms for such include stagecoach, charabanc and omnibus. Working vehicles such as the (four-wheeled) wagon and (two-wheeled) cart share important parts of the history of the carriage, as is the fast (two-wheeled) chariot.
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carriage
Noun
1. a railcar where passengers ride
(synonym) passenger car, coach
(hypernym) car, railcar, railway car, railroad car
(hyponym) dining car, diner, dining compartment, buffet car
(member-holonym) passenger train
2. a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses
(synonym) equipage, rig
(hypernym) horse-drawn vehicle
(hyponym) barouche
(part-meronym) axletree
3. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
(synonym) bearing, posture
(hypernym) bodily property
(hyponym) walk, manner of walking
(derivation) hold, carry, bear
4. a machine part that carries something else
(hypernym) mechanism
(hyponym) typewriter carriage
(part-holonym) typewriter
5. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
(synonym) baby buggy, baby carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher
(hypernym) wheeled vehicle
(hyponym) bassinet
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carriage
n.
vagon; kočár
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carriage
Rzecz.
wagon; powóz; kareta; przewóz; transport
