club car

== English == === Etymology === From club +‎ car. The golf cart sense (sense 2) is by informal (and mostly colloquial) genericization of the trade name Club Car. === Noun === club car (plural club cars) (rail transport, dated) A railroad car that serves in the manner of a club (lounge), offering drinks, snacks, background music, and sometimes meals. Hypernyms: railroad car, railcar, car, carriage < rolling stock < vehicle Coordinate terms: dining car, diner, restaurant car; private car Near-synonyms: buffet car, refreshment car (broadly synonymous) (informal, loosely) A golf cart. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see club,‎ car; for example, one of the cars owned by a car club member.