wagon
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,584 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 52,450 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor also: waggon
- van used by police to transport prisoners also: police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, black Maria
- a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major also: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain
- a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting also: coaster wagon
- a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat also: beach wagon, station wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon
wagon in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A few supplies were freighted by wagon.
A Mountain Boyhood · Joe Mills · Chapter 1
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A grocery wagon shaved him by an inch.
Queed: A Novel · Henry Sydnor Harrison · Chapter 1
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The only answer of the boys in the wagon was a taunting laugh as they drove away.
The Boy Scouts Patrol · Ralph Victor · Chapter 1
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Of course Spot would have followed them, under the wagon, if he had been at the barn when they left.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb · Arthur Scott Bailey · Chapter 1
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They found me and, recognizing me, laid me sleeping on a wagon and took me as far as our hut.
The Three Comrades · Kristína Royová · Chapter 1