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Noun: stockcar  'stók,kar
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock
    "The train of stockcars carried cattle to the market"
Noun: stock car  stók kaar
  1. A racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car
    "The stock car roared around the track at high speed"
     
  2. A car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales
    "They test drove several stock cars before making their purchase"

Derived forms: stock cars, stockcars

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], boxcar [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, race car, racer, racing car, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Stockcar

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