cable car

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cable car

A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cable car

1. (Automotive Engineering) a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area

2. (Mechanical Engineering) a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area

3. (Automotive Engineering) a cableway

4. (Railways) a passenger car on a cable railway

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ca′ble car`

or ca′ble-car`,

a vehicle, usu. enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway.

[1870–75, Amer.]

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Noun

cable car - a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"

car

cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

Translations

lanovka

tovbanevogn

köysiratavaunu

žičara

ケーブルカー

케이블카

kabelwagen

taubane

kolejka linowa

carro eléctrico teleférico

вагон фуникулера

spårvagn

รถที่เคลื่อนที่โดยสายเคเบิล

teleferik

xe cáp treo

缆车

cable car

[ˈkeɪblˌkɑːʳ] n → funivia; (on rail) → funicolare f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cable car

→ عَرَبَةٌ يَجُرُّها سِلْكٌ إِلَى أَعْلَى الـجَبَل lanovka tovbanevogn Seilbahn τελεφερίκ teleférico köysiratavaunu téléphérique žičara cabina della funivia ケーブルカー 케이블카 kabelwagen taubane kolejka linowa carro eléctrico, teleférico вагон фуникулера spårvagn รถที่เคลื่อนที่โดยสายเคเบิล teleferik xe cáp treo 缆车

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Sommers went to the corner and waited for the cable car.

In truth, he saw nothing-unless he were wizard enough to detect a poignant wish, a powerful longing that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever.

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Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) has opened a request for proposal (RFP) to conduct a pre-feasibility study on Penang Hill's cable car service.

Penang opens request for proposals to conduct study on Penang Hill cable car service

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Cable cars eyed to connect malls

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Moscow's latest tourist attraction, a cable car over the Moskva River, has been shut the day after it opened because of what the operator said was a cyber attack.