station wagon

noun

: an automobile that has a passenger compartment which extends to the back of the vehicle, that has no trunk, that has one or more rear seats which can be folded down to make space for light cargo, and that has a tailgate or liftgate

Examples of station wagon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The best-selling vehicles in the United States last year were Ford F-Series pickup trucks (which for many drivers have taken the place of station wagons). David Owen, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2024 Reasonable observers would recognize it as a station wagon, albeit one with a pronounced purpose and lots of un-wagon-like attributes. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024 Similarly, ownership of smaller vehicles (like sedans, coupes and station wagons) is down since 2009. Emily Badger, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023 Car shoppers may be spurning station wagons while crying out for crossovers and SUVs in droves, but that isn't stopping Mercedes-Benz from bringing the E-class All-Terrain wagon back for a new generation. Car and Driver, 3 Sep. 2023 During this time, Ford made a lot of two-door coupes, convertibles, two- and four-door sedans and station wagons, but all their different models had the same styling and only used Ford’s famous 221-cubic-inch, 85-horsepower V8 engine. David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024 Jonathan Gitlin Nothing pickup truck-shaped will ever push through the air as cleanly as an SUV, sedan, minivan, or station wagon, and that's before even considering the effect of frontal area. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024 Based on a humble Pinto station wagon, the Cruising Wagon featured metal panels in the back with the requisite bubble window. Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 31 July 2023 This includes sedans, coupes, convertibles, hatchbacks and station wagons — but not trucks, minivans or S.U.V.s. Emily Badger, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of station wagon was in 1929

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“Station wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20wagon. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

station wagon

noun
: an automobile that has a large open area behind the back seat instead of a trunk and that has a door at the back for loading and unloading things

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