carmaker

«carmaker» in Mova's school dictionary: a company that designs and builds cars, such as Ford… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a carmaker, carmakers)

meaning for a pupil

A carmaker is a company that designs and builds cars, such as Ford, Toyota or Volkswagen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and business talk «carmaker» is used for car companies. In geography lessons pupils learn about factories and jobs that carmakers provide. In maths, carmakers appear in problems about production and numbers of cars.

examples

• The carmaker opened a new factory near our town. tree →
• Many carmakers now build electric cars. tree →
• The carmaker made 500 cars a day. tree →
• My uncle works for a big carmaker. tree →
• Japanese carmakers sell cars all over the world. tree →
• The carmaker recalled cars with faulty brakes. tree →

note

One word, sometimes «car maker». Also called «car manufacturer» or, in the USA, «automaker».

In the corpora

• The three-point seat belt was invented at Volvo in 1959, and the company let other carmakers use it for free.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carmaker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.