cable car
noun
: a vehicle moved by an endless cable:
a
: one suspended from an overhead cable
b
: one that moves along tracks
Examples of cable car in a Sentence
The skiers took a cable car to the top of the mountain.
Tourists packed the cable cars on the hilly streets of San Francisco.
Recent Examples on the Web
At the eastern end of the Austrian lakeside in Bregenz, take a cable car up to the peak of Pfänder mountain for panoramic vistas across the Alps.
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Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 25 June 2024
Jackson's return comes after the shocking departure of Geary, whose character Luke was killed off in a cable car accident in 2022.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 June 2024
Visits to San Francisco might include walking along the Golden Gate Bridge, taking a ride on one of the city's historic cable cars, seeing Alcatraz Island or wandering to Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf to see the sea lions.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
From December to March, the hotel works as a ski-in, ski-out resort, with a free cable car to the nearby Plose Mountain just a short walk away.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 May 2024
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Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 25 June 2024
Jackson's return comes after the shocking departure of Geary, whose character Luke was killed off in a cable car accident in 2022.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 June 2024
Visits to San Francisco might include walking along the Golden Gate Bridge, taking a ride on one of the city's historic cable cars, seeing Alcatraz Island or wandering to Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf to see the sea lions.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
From December to March, the hotel works as a ski-in, ski-out resort, with a free cable car to the nearby Plose Mountain just a short walk away.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 May 2024
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“Cable car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cable%20car. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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