Smoking Car (Noun)
Meaning
A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The smoking car on the train had limited seating due to health concerns from nonsmokers.
- At the front of the train, the smoking car allowed passengers to freely indulge in cigarettes.
- Most rail lines eliminated their smoking cars after passing the antismoking law in the late 1980s.
- Many European rail services also abolished the traditional smoking car by the mid-1990s.
- Trains usually located their smoking cars at the end to prevent secondhand smoke from entering other cars.