cable car
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cable car — ☆ cable car n. a car drawn by a moving cable, as across a canyon, up a steeply inclined street, etc … English World dictionary
cable car — n 1.) a vehicle that hangs from a moving cable, and is used to take people up and down mountains 2.) a vehicle similar to a train that is pulled along by a moving cable … Dictionary of contemporary English
cable car — cable cars N COUNT A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable … English dictionary
Cable Car — bezeichnet als englischer Ausdruck für Seilbahn, wörtlich übersetzt Kabelwagen: Kabelstraßenbahnen, wie sie im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert in vielen Städten, vorwiegend in den USA, im Betrieb waren, darunter im Besonderen die San Francisco Cable… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cable car — cable ,car noun count a small vehicle that hangs from a cable, used for taking people up and down mountains … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cable car — ► NOUN ▪ a small carriage suspended on a continuous moving cable and travelling up and down a mountainside … English terms dictionary
Cable car — Cablecar mit der Bucht von San Francisco und Alcatraz im Hintergrund Das Cable car (engl. für Kabelwagen) ist die Kabelstraßenbahn in San Francisco, Kalifornien. Das bei Touristen beliebte Verkehrsmittel ist eines der beiden beweglichen National… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cable Car — Tramway à traction par câble Un des nombreux Cable Cars de San Francisco … Wikipédia en Français
Cable car — A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems. Varieties in which the vehicle is suspended from a cable: * An aerial tramway… … Wikipedia
cable car — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cable car : singular cable car plural cable cars a small vehicle that hangs from a cable, used for taking people up and down mountains … English dictionary
cable car — noun a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway they took a cable car to the top of the mountain • Syn: ↑car • Hypernyms: ↑compartment • Part Holonyms: ↑cable railway, ↑funicular, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
