cable car
noun [C]Definition
› a vehicle that hangs from and is moved by a cable and transports people up steep slopesTrains and parts of trainsRailways and railway lines › US a vehicle on a cable railwayTrains and parts of trainsRailways and railway lines
(Definition of cable car noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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