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"car" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often auto (4 letters).
Definitions
Road vehicle for passengers
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.
Used in a sentence
“in a car”
“He drove his car to the theatre.”
“He was thinking about buying a brand new car.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer13 curated clues
01“Automobile”3 letters
02“Auto”3 letters
03“Auto in a garage”3 letters
04“Driveway vehicle”3 letters
05“Garage occupant”3 letters
06“Railroad unit”3 letters
07“Train unit”3 letters
08“Vehicle for roads”3 letters
09“Vehicle in a driveway”3 letters
10“Vehicle in traffic”3 letters
11“Vehicle with four wheels”3 letters
12“Vehicle with wheels”3 letters
13“Road vehicle”3 letters
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