noun
the first widely available automobile powered by a gasoline engine; mass-produced by Henry Ford from 1908 to 1927
• Usage Domain: ↑trademark
• Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar
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adjectiveUsage: usually capitalized M&T
Etymology: from Model T, early type of motor car having only two speeds forward and a hand gasoline feed that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Co. between 1909 and 1927
1. : belonging to an initial or rudimentary phase of development
when nuclear weapons were in the Model T stage of development — New York Times
2. : old-fashioned, outmoded
a Model T plot
a Model T school plant
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an automobile with a 2.9-liter, 4-cylinder engine, produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1909 through 1927, considered to be the first motor vehicle successfully mass-produced on an assembly line.
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Model T noun
A four-cylinder motor car designed and mass-produced by the Ford Motor Company in the USA in the early 20c
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Main Entry: ↑model
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Model T,
1. Trademark. an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927. It began the era of mass-produced automobiles in the United States.
2. Figurative. any early or outdated type or model: »
The present plants being planned will soon be the Model T's of the atomic power field (New York Times).
–Mod´el-T´, adjective.
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Model T [Model T]
the first car produced on an ↑assembly line (= a line of workers who build something as it moves along on a large belt) and sold at a price that ordinary people could afford. Its popular name was the ‘Tin Lizzie’ and it was made by the Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1927. There is a joke that Henry Ford told customers they could have the car in any colour as long as it was black. About 15 million Model Ts were produced before it was replaced by the Model A.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.