sedan
Plural: sedans
Noun
- A type of enclosed automobile with two or four doors.
- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- a closed litter for one passenger
- An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
- An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
- A handbarrow for transporting fish.
Examples
- The Scrabble board felt like a compact sedan, just enough room for the essentials.
Origin / Etymology
The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.
Scrabble Score: 6
sedan: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsedan: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sedan: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
sedan: valid Words With Friends Word