small car
31car|rel — or car|rell «KAR uhl», noun. a small enclosed place for individual study in a library, usually containing a desk and bookshelves: »Collegians study hard…in the 500 carrells of the Firestone Library at Princeton (Newsweek). ╂[variant of carol (in… …
32car|riage — «KAR ihj; for 4c also KAR ee ihj», noun. 1. a) a vehicle that moves on wheels. Some carriages are pulled by horses and are used to carry people. Baby carriages are small and light, and may be folded. »... a carriage and four splendid horses… …
33car seat — car′ seat n. a removable seat designed to hold a small child safely while riding in an automobile …
34car — ► NOUN 1) a powered road vehicle designed to carry a small number of people. 2) a railway carriage or (N. Amer. ) wagon. ORIGIN originally meaning «wheeled vehicle»: from Latin carrus …
35car|a|cal — «KAR uh kal», noun. a small lynx of Asia and Africa, of a reddish brown color, having a tuft of long, black hair at the tip of each ear; Persian lynx. ╂[< French caracal < Turkish karakulak < kara black + kulak ear] …
36car|am|bo|la — «KAR uhm BOH luh», noun. 1. the acid fruit of a small East Indian tree. 2. the tree itself. ╂[< Spanish carambola, perhaps < Marathi karambal < Sanskrit karmaranga] …
37car|a|mel — «KAR uh muhl, KAHR muhl», noun, verb, meled, mel|ing or (especially British) melled, mel|ling. –n. 1. sugar browned or burned and used for coloring and flavoring food: »Cake frosting and custard are often flavored with caramel. 2 …
38car|a|van — «KAR uh van», noun, verb, vaned, van|ing or (especially British) vanned, van|ning. –n. 1. a) a group of merchants, pilgrims, tourists, or the like, traveling together for safety through difficult or dangerous country: »a caravan of Arab merchants …
39car|bine — «KAHR byn, been», noun. 1. a short, light, automatic or semiautomatic rifle of relatively great power but short range. 2. a short barreled rifle or musket formerly used in the cavalry. Also, carabin, carabine. ╂[< French carabine a small… …
40car|cake — «KAHR KAYK», noun. a small cake baked on a griddle and eaten on Shrove Tuesday in parts of Scotland. ╂[apparently < Old English caru care + Middle English cake cake] …
