coach

About 9.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
2. noun A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
3. noun A trainer or instructor.

   football coach

4. noun A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
5. noun The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
6. noun The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.

   We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.

7. noun The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
8. verb To train.

Similar words

four-in-hand charabanc carriage motorcoach motorbus autobus omnibus jitney bus passenger car

Often followed by

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Word family

coachable coached coacher coachers coaches coaching