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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway.
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- noun A
streetcar moved bygripping to rotating loop ofcable running along the track. - noun A hanging
carriage orcar for transporting people or cargo
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
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