Gloss
All words
B1nountravel

US/ˈwæɡ.ən/
UK/ˈwæɡ.ən/

a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses, for carrying heavy loads; also a train car for goods

In context

  • In the past, farmers used horse-drawn wagons to take rice to the market.

  • The long goods train was pulling forty wagons full of coal.

  • The family loaded all their belongings onto a wagon pulled by two oxen.

Words that go with wagon

adjective + noun

  • horse-drawn wagonTourists can take a ride in a horse-drawn wagon around the old town.
  • covered wagonEarly settlers crossed America in covered wagons.

noun + noun

  • station wagonMy parents drove an old station wagon with room for the whole family.
  • wagon wheelAn old wagon wheel hung on the wall of the restaurant.
  • freight wagonThe freight wagons were loaded with wood and steel.

verb + noun

  • pull a wagonTwo strong horses pulled the wagon up the hill.
  • load a wagonThe workers loaded the wagon with sacks of rice.