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coach
noun (VEHICLE) /kəʊtʃ/
/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
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