noun
sedan
sih-DAN/sɪˈdæn/
An enclosed passenger car with a separate trunk.
The sedan's open trunk reveals a compartment separate from the cabin.
Etymology
Sedan originally named a covered chair carried on poles, though its ancestry is uncertain. The name later transferred to a closed passenger automobile, connecting the car sense with an earlier enclosed means of transport.
In context
sedan it was four doors so four-door mid you say midsize is that yeah probably midsize
More examples
- Several sedans lined the street.
- She bought a sedan.
- The sedan had four doors.
Forms
sedan · sedans
Similar words
- hatchback
- Has a rear door opening into the passenger-area cargo space.
- coupe
- Usually a shorter-roofed car with a different body style.