Meaning & use

wagon

noun·Everyday

A four-wheeled vehicle, often pulled by animals, used for carrying heavy loads.

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Settlers packed their belongings into a wagon and headed west across the plains.

A farmer's wagon loaded with hay creaked slowly down the dirt road.

A note on using this word

In American English "wagon" can also mean a station wagon car, and the idiom "on the wagon" means abstaining from alcohol.

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