boxcar

See also: box-car and box car

English

Etymology

box +‎ car

Noun

boxcar (plural boxcars)

(rail transport, US) An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door.

Synonyms

goods van (UK)

Derived terms

boxcar function

Translations

enclosed railroad freight car

Danish: godsvogn c

Finnish: härkävaunu

See also

flatcar

Verb

boxcar (third-person singular simple present boxcars, present participle boxcarring, simple past and past participle boxcarred)

(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.

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