noun
taxicab
TAK-see-kab/tˈæksikˌæb/
A car with a driver that carries passengers for a fare.
A taxicab waits outside the hotel to pick up passengers.
Etymology
The “charge” element comes from the taximeter that recorded distance and fare. Combined with a name for a horse-drawn carriage, it named the motor vehicle hired for a metered fare.
In context
taxicab moving north on fourteenth street from Harvard Street man and woman in back seat
More examples
- We take a taxicab to the airport.
- She waves to a passing taxicab.
- Several taxicabs line up outside the train station.
Forms
taxicab · taxicabs
Similar words
- taxi
- The shorter, more common name for the same vehicle.
- cab
- An everyday alternative that can also mean a driver's compartment.