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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural autos) Date: 1899 automobile II. adjective Date: 1942 automatic

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) US colloq. a motor car. Etymology: abbr. of AUTOMOBILE

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(autos) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. An auto is a car. (AM) ...the auto industry. N-COUNT: oft N n

Moby Thesaurus

PCV valve, accelerator, alternator, ammeter, autocar, automobile, bearings, boat, bonnet, boot, brake, bucket seat, buggy, bumper, bus, camshaft, car, carburetor, charioteer, chassis, choke, clutch, connecting rod, convertible top, cowl, crank, crankcase, crankshaft, crate, cutout, cylinder, cylinder head, dash, dashboard, differential, distributor, exhaust, exhaust pipe, fan, fender, flywheel, gear, gearbox, gearshift, generator, headlight, headrest, heap, hood, horn, ignition, intake, jalopy, machine, manifold, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorized vehicle, muffler, parking light, pilot, piston, power brakes, power steering, radiator, rear-view mirror, ride, seat belt, shock absorber, spark plug, speedometer, springs, starter, steering wheel, tool, top, transmission, tub, universal, valve, voiture, wheel, wheels, windscreen, windshield, wreck