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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rear door on certain automobiles that opens upward.
  • noun A compact automobile having such a door.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
  • noun The door itself.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
  • noun a car having a hatchback door

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