station wagon

noun
1.
an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
Also called, especially British, estate car.
Origin
1925-30, Americanism
Examples from the web for station wagon
  • Owners thought of it as a stubby station wagon, but it was really an elongated hatchback.
  • Any bus or station wagon owned by the district and used to transport pupils.
  • The trailer and station wagon were removed from their location and carried to a second location a short distance away.
British Dictionary definitions for station wagon

station wagon

noun
1.
(US & Canadian, Austral & NZ, South African) a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space British term estate car