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/ˈɔtəmoʊbˌil/ /ˌɔtəmoʊbˈil/ Listen

noun

Automobile n. A self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.

Synonyms: car, auto, machine, motorcar.

verb

automobile v. i.

To travel in an automobile.

Synonyms: motor.

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Etymology of 'Automobile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Automobile" Quotes from Famous Books

... old gentleman, as the automobile drew up in front of the house to take along the Curlytops, Trouble, Tom, Lola, Uncle Toby ...

— The Curlytops and Their Playmates - or Jolly Times Through the Holidays • Howard R. Garis

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— The Last Straw • William J. Smith

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— Police!!! • Robert W. Chambers

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— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters • Irving Crump

... A powerful automobile had taken them through the streets of New York, and lay now a wreck in one of the streets a mile from the dock. They had finished the journey in a taxicab, and the finish had been this—half an hour ...

— The Box with Broken Seals • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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