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

  • noun A car designed to operate on a cableway or cable railway.

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  • noun A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
  • noun A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo

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

  • noun a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

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