The standard American English term for a railway wagon used to carry goods — what British English calls a 'goods wagon' or 'goods van.' Freight cars are the workhorses of American freight rail, covering the continental US in enormous trains. The term is entirely standard in North American railroading vocabulary.
The whole freight car smelled of grain that had been sitting in the heat for days.
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(US) A railway wagon for carrying goods.
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