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A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Answer for the clue "A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open ", 9 letters:
hatchback
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of rear door of an automobile, 1970, from hatch (n.) + back (n.).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And if everyone else is rebelling in a similar fashion, we might get some decent hot hatchbacks back into circulation. ▪ Baya jumped in his rented red Fiat Punto, a utilitarian hatchback , and raced toward Cap Martin. ▪ He opened ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to a cargo area. Hatchbacks may feature fold-down second row seating, where the interior can be flexibly reconfigured to prioritize passenger vs. cargo volume. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a car having a hatchback door a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Usage examples of hatchback.
The only cars that came and went were the hire cars, bright little hatchbacks rented by the tourists who leased for a couple of weeks the few villas that were available to let for the summer.
On hearing his name, Franklin lifted his troubled, regal head from the recesses of the hatchback, and I saw the black-and-white markings of an English setter.
On coming home with the carrier bags in the boot of the hatchback they cram their elephant-coffin-sized freezers with ready meals to be defused later in the microwave.
Instead of going to the fridge and pulling out a frozen dinner, the Writer stalked out the front door of the mobile home and got into his battered old Toyota hatchback.