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Definition of cable car noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a cable car

cable car

noun

cable car pronunciation English

cable car pronunciation American

1 a vehicle that hangs from and is pulled by a moving cable and that carries passengers up and down a mountain2 (especially North American English) a vehicle that runs on tracks and is pulled by a moving cable