Definition of "automobile"

automobile

/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

noun
plural automobiles
1. (US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
  Quotations
  Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
  2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist
verb
third-person singular simple present automobiles, present participle automobiling, simple past and past participle automobiled
1. (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
  Quotations
  The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.
  1909, “"How Can He Do It?"”, in Notions and Fancy Goods, volume 43, page 30
adjective
not comparable
1. Self-moving; self-propelled.
  Quotations
  As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment.
  1919, Nikola Tesla, My Inventions