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cable car

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cable car /ˈkeɪbl kɑː /
noun
1 a transport system, typically one travelling up and down a mountain, in which cabins are suspended on a continuous moving cable driven by a motor at one end of the route.
a cabin on a cable-car system.
2 a carriage on a cable railway.