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Wagon

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Noun

1. waggon, wagon

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

2. black maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon, wagon

van used by police to transport prisoners

3. big dipper, charles's wain, dipper, plough, wagon, wain

a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

4. coaster wagon, wagon

a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

5. beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon

a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wagon

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noun
1. 
any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc, and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc
2. British
a railway freight truck, esp an open one
3. US and Canadian
a child's four-wheeled cart
4. US and Canadian
a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested
5. mainly US and Canadian station wagon
6.  an obsolete word for chariot
7.  off the wagon
8.  on the wagon
verb
9. (transitive)
to transport by wagon
noun
the Wagon

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Wagon

see synonyms of wagon
noun
1. 
any of various types of four-wheeled vehicles
; specif.,
a. 
a horse-drawn vehicle for hauling heavy loads
b. 
a small cart pulled or steered by means of a pole handle and used by children in play
2.  US
a. 
patrol wagon
b. 
station wagon
3.  British
a railroad freight car
verb transitive, verb intransitive
4. 
to carry or transport (goods) by wagon; move or go in a wagon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wagon

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n.
1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.
2.
a. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.
b. A station wagon.
c. A police patrol wagon.
3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.
4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.
5. Wagon The Big Dipper
6. Chiefly British An open railway freight car.
tr. & intr.v. wag·oned, wag·on·ing, wag·ons
To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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