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
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Frank built a carrier for use on top of his station wagon and bought a pair of old military snowshoes.
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
The trouble with great-looking station wagons like the Audi A5 Avant is that the people who should buy them actually buy the Q5 SUV instead.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
Bob hitches a ride to New York in the rear of a station wagon, the driver unknown, the small talk between them nonexistent, and is dropped off at the open maw of a tunnel.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
By the 2000’s, station wagons had long been an afterthought in the U.S. market.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
The trouble with great-looking station wagons like the Audi A5 Avant is that the people who should buy them actually buy the Q5 SUV instead.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
Bob hitches a ride to New York in the rear of a station wagon, the driver unknown, the small talk between them nonexistent, and is dropped off at the open maw of a tunnel.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
By the 2000’s, station wagons had long been an afterthought in the U.S. market.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Station wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20wagon. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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