- (British English) (North American English freight car)a railway truck for carrying goods
- He tried to hide in a container wagon.
- The statue was transported on a railway wagon.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainc1- a long train of supply wagons
- Dust rose from a wagon train.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rail
- railway
- coal
- …
- pull
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- (British English also waggon)a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads
- covered wagons rolling across the prairies
- A hay wagon was winding slowly along the lane.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- She told me to climb up onto the wagon.
- They travelled from Tennessee in a covered wagon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- covered
- open
- horse-drawn
- …
- train
- drive
- draw
- pull
- …
- roll
- train
- wheel
- (also cart)(both North American English)(British English trolley)a small table on very small wheels, used for carrying or serving food or drink see also bandwagon, chuck wagon, mammy wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, station wagon
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Dutch wagen.
Idioms
See wagon in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe/go on the wagon
- (informal) to not drink alcohol, either for a short time or permanently
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