1. Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
   "The farmers loaded their harvest onto the wagon";
   - waggon
    
2. [N. Amer, Austral, NZ] A car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
   "They packed their wagon with camping gear for the family trip";
   - beach wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], station wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], estate car [Brit, Cdn], beach waggon [Cdn, Austral, NZ], station waggon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], waggon [Cdn, Austral, NZ], estate [Brit, informal]
    
3. Van used by police to transport prisoners
   "The protesters were loaded into the paddy wagon";
   - police van, police wagon, paddy wagon [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], patrol wagon [US, Austral, NZ], Black Maria
    
4. A child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
   "The kids pulled their toys in a red coaster wagon";
   - coaster wagon

1. A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
   - Big Dipper [N. Amer], Dipper, Plough [Brit], Charles's Wain, Wain

Derived forms: wagons

Type of: asterism, auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, van, wheel [informal], wheeled vehicle, whip [US, informal]

Part of: Great Bear, Ursa Major

Encyclopedia: Wagon, Daniel