noun
1. a car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales
• Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar
2. a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car
• Hypernyms: ↑racer, ↑race car, ↑racing car
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noun1. : an automotive vehicle of a model and type produced commercially and kept in stock for regular sales
2. : a racing car having the basic chassis of a commercially produced assembly-line model
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—stock-car, adj.
1. a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
2. Also called cattle car. Railroads. a boxcar for carrying livestock.
[1855-60, Amer. for def. 2]
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stock car noun
1. A specially adapted and strengthened ordinary saloon car used for a type of racing (stock car racing) in which cars are often damaged or destroyed in collisions
2. A cattle-truck (N American)
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Main Entry: ↑stock
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an ordinary car that has been changed for racing, or an old car used for racing
Thesaurus: racing with cars and other vehicleshyponym types of carhypernym sports events and competitionshyponym
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stock car,
1. a standard passenger car modified for racing: »
A stock car racer can be almost anything from a Cadillac convertible to a jig-saw puzzle on wheels (Newsweek).
2. (originally) a car kept in stock; any standard automobile.
3. a railroad freight car for livestock.
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n.
1) an ordinary car that has been modified for racing
2) a railroad car for transporting livestock
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noun, pl ⋯ cars [count]
: a car used for racing that has the same basic structure as a car normally sold to the public but has a more powerful engine, a stronger frame, etc.
— often used before another noun
stock car racing
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an ordinary car that has been made stronger for use in ↑stock-car racing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.