Cab

  • 61cab — [19] Cab is short for cabriolet, a term, borrowed from French, for a light horse drawn carriage. It comes, via the French verb cabrioler, from Italian capriolare ‘jump in the air’, a derivative of capriolo ‘roebuck’, from Latin capreolus, a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 62cab — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. taxi[cab], hack[ney], hansom; cockpit. See vehicle, receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. taxi, taxicab, limousine, hack*; see automobile , taxicab , vehicle 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. taxi,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 63cab — cab1 noun 1》 (also taxi cab) a taxi. 2》 the driver s compartment in a truck, bus, or train. 3》 historical a horse drawn vehicle for public hire. Origin C19: abbrev. of cabriolet. cab2 noun informal a cabinet containing a speaker or speakers for a …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 64cab — noun (C) 1 a taxi: call (sb) a cab (=telephone for a taxi) 2 the part of a bus, train or truck 1 (1) in which the driver sits 3 a carriage pulled by horses that was used like a taxi in former time …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65cab — noun she hailed a cab Syn: taxi, taxicab, hack; rickshaw, trishaw, pedicab …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 66cab — noun Syn: taxi, taxi cab; Brit. minicab, hackney carriage; N.Amer. hack …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 67cab — [1] A taxi or car for hire. [2] The closed part of a truck (or even a car) where the driver sits. Also see chassis cab …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 68cab — [19] Cab is short for cabriolet, a term, borrowed from French, for a light horse drawn carriage. It comes, via the French verb cabrioler, from Italian capriolare ‘jump in the air’, a derivative of capriolo ‘roebuck’, from Latin capreolus, a… …

    Word origins

  • 69Cab signalling — is a railroad safety system that communicates track status information to the train cab (driving position), where the engineer or driver can see the information. The simplest systems display the trackside signal aspect (typically, green, yellow… …

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  • 70Cab Calloway — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cab Calloway Cab Calloway, fotografía tomada por Carl Van Vechten, 1933. Información personal Nombre real …

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