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coach

noun (VEHICLE)
 
 
/kəʊtʃ/ US  /koʊtʃ/

Definition

A2 [C] (US usually bus) a long motor vehicle with comfortable seats, used to take groups of people on journeys: We're going to the airport by coach. a coach tripBuses, trams and coaches [C] an old-fashioned carriage pulled by horses, now used mainly in official or royal ceremoniesCarriages and carts [C] UK (US car) a carriage in a trainTrains and parts of trains [U] US → coach class
(Definition of coach noun (VEHICLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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