sedan

/si'dæn/

Thân thiện

A family loads their luggage into the trunk of a silver sedan.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of passenger car: A sedan is a passenger car with a closed body (a fixed roof), a separate trunk compartment, and typically four doors. It is designed to comfortably seat four to five adults, with two rows of seats (front and rear).
   • (Historical) A portable enclosed chair: A sedan (or sedan chair) was an enclosed box with a seat, carried on poles by two or more people, used for transportation in the 17th-19th centuries.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Modern car):
  • The family chose a reliable sedan for their cross-country trip.
  • Most taxi fleets consist of four-door sedans.
• Noun (Historical chair):
  • In the 18th century, wealthy individuals were often carried through the city in a sedan.
  • The museum displayed an ornate sedan chair from the Victorian era.

Advanced Usage

• "Sedan delivery": A commercial vehicle based on a sedan chassis, but with an enclosed cargo area instead of a rear seat, used for deliveries.
  • The bakery used a sedan delivery van in the 1950s.
• "Sedan chair": The full term for the historical enclosed litter.
  • The painting depicted a noblewoman arriving in a sedan chair.

Variants and Related Words

• Saloon (n): The British English term for a sedan car.
  • He drives a luxury saloon.
• Sedanette (n): A historical car body style, a two-door sedan with a sloping rear.
• Litter (n): A portable bed or couch, often enclosed, carried on poles; a broader category that includes the sedan chair.

Synonyms

• Saloon (for the car, chiefly British English).
• Brougham (a historical type of car or a specific style of horse-drawn carriage).
• Litter or Palanquin (for the historical portable chair).

Related Phrases

• Four-door sedan: Specifies the most common modern configuration.
  • The compact four-door sedan is fuel-efficient.
• Two-door sedan: A less common configuration where the rear doors are absent.
  • Classic cars from the 1950s often included two-door sedan models.

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms that specifically and exclusively feature the word "sedan." Its usage is primarily literal, describing a type of vehicle or historical conveyance.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a closed litter for one passenger
2. a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sedan chair
• saloon