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A car smaller than a compact car
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subcompact
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a car smaller than a compact car [syn: subcompact car ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Something that is smaller than the compact size version of it, especially a very small car.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A subcompact weekly rate, excluding taxes, insurance and petrol, can be a mere £55. ▪ Instead, we headed straight for the local car-rental office and hired ourselves a zippy purple subcompact .
Usage examples of subcompact.
The dragging tailpipe struck sparks along unimproved patches of the Connecticut Turnpike and they had been honked out of the way by salesman types, young men in company subcompacts who were beginning to feel the pinch themselves, Alden said.
The cars are brightly colored subcompact missiles, hurtling in and out of alleyways like angry wasps: Hot-wiring their drive-by-wire seems to be the national sport, although Fiat's embedded systems people have always written notoriously wobbly software.
Elsie McMay toted a knitting bag only slightly smaller than a subcompact car.
They've been modified in such a way that they never, ever break down, are light and maneuverable enough to use on ordinary streets, and use no more fuel than a subcompact car.