Definition of Stock car

1. Noun. A car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales.

Generic synonyms: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar

2. Noun. A racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car.
Generic synonyms: Race Car, Racer, Racing Car

Definition of Stock car

1. Noun. A racing car, such as those sanctioned by NASCAR and ARCA, based on one of the regular production models available for purchase by the public. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stock Car

stochastics
stochiometry
stocious
stock
stock(a)
stock-bow
stock-in-trade
stock-index futures
stock-picker
stock-purchase warrant
stock-still
stock ball
stock breeder
stock buyback
stock car (current term)
stock cars
stock certificate
stock certificates
stock character
stock characters
stock company
stock cube
stock cubes
stock dividend
stock dove
stock exchange
stock exchanges
stock farmer
stock in trade

Literary usage of Stock car

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1900)
"1-64 1-64 Cutting Car Co Bark 44.77 44.77 Burton stock car Co Stock 8.69 8-69 ... 113-26 113-26 Mather Horse and stock car Co Stock 2-33 2-33 National ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... whereupon the engine was detached and backed southward upon this spur track for the purpose of coupling on this stock car and placing it in the train on ..."

3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1911)
"Side Sill and Channel, Iron Posts" Plates I ; Corner—stock car Passenger Car Side and End—stock car Platform and Coupler—Passenger Car . '.- ! ..."

4. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the by United States, Congress, House (1905)
"It also costs much more to maintain those special cars with feeding and watering devices than it does a common stock car. When I speak of shippers ..."

5. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"great lines, such as Street's Western Stable Car Line Company, Mathews Car Company, the Doud stock car Company, the Mather stock car Company, ..."

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