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wagon

noun US /ˈwæɡən/

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

  1. any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor also: waggon
  2. van used by police to transport prisoners also: police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, black Maria
  3. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major also: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain
  4. a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting also: coaster wagon
  5. 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

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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.

  • A few supplies were freighted by wagon.

    A Mountain Boyhood · Joe Mills · Chapter 1

  • A grocery wagon shaved him by an inch.

    Queed: A Novel · Henry Sydnor Harrison · Chapter 1

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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