WAGON-LIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: wagons-lits

Meaning:

A passenger car that has berths for sleeping

Synonyms:

sleeper; sleeping car; wagon-lit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wagon-lit" is a kind of...):

carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)

Meronyms (parts of "wagon-lit"):

drawing room (a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet)

roomette (a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car)