Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wheeled carriage which supports a railroad-car.

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Examples

  • He has also devised a new type of locomotive-tender which is now in practical use; a process of making truck-bolsters, brake-beams, etc.; a draft-gear; a car-truck, and a tank-car which is now widely used.

    Origin of Rhodes Scholarship, Defending Marconi, Rich Inventors 2008

  • But the runaway sales of new Japanese trucks, minivans and car-truck hybrids are quickly changing the rules of the road.

    Speed Bumps Ahead For Suvs 2008

  • Three-fourths of the team tossed battered suitcases into the car-truck, slid the sled onto a trailer and hitched up for the long haul, 2,500 miles if they didn't get lost.

    Mexico has a bobsled team? 2005

  • Three-fourths of the team tossed battered suitcases into the car-truck, slid the sled onto a trailer and hitched up for the long haul, 2,500 miles if they didn't get lost.

    Mexico has a bobsled team? 2005

  • Twin girl from horror car-truck smash dies THE twin who was fighting for life after the crash that claimed the lives of her sister and three friends, and a truck driver has died.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Paramedics also attended the scene of a car-truck smash in Hummfray St, Mt Clear, near Ballarat, about 6.23pm.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Paramedics also attended the scene of a car-truck smash in Hummfray St, Mt Clear, near Ballarat, about 6.23pm.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Twin girl from horror car-truck smash dies THE twin who was fighting for life after the crash that claimed the lives of her sister and three friends, and a truck driver has died.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Unknown assailants rob over NIS 1 million from Shfaram doctor's home (Haaretz) 6 wounded, 3 seriously, in car-truck crash near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai (Haaretz)

    Haaretz.com headlines RSS 2010

  • Unknown assailants rob over NIS 1 million from Shfaram doctor's home (Haaretz) 6 wounded, 3 seriously, in car-truck crash near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai (Haaretz)

    Haaretz.com headlines RSS 2010

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