Meaning & use
wagon
A four-wheeled vehicle, often pulled by animals, used for carrying heavy loads.
See it in a sentence
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.
Words with a similar meaning
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