different between boxcar vs outfit

English

Etymology

box +? car

Noun

boxcar (plural boxcars)

1. (rail transport, US) An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door.

Synonyms

• box van (UK)
• goods van (UK)

Derived terms

• boxcar function

Translations

See also

• flatcar

Verb

boxcar (third-person singular simple present boxcars, present participle boxcarring, simple past and past participle boxcarred)

1. (mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.

English

Etymology

out +? fit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tf?t/
• Hyphenation: out?fit

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

1. A set of clothing (with accessories).
   • 2003, Jason Isbell, "Outfit":

     Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.

2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
3. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
4. (informal) A business or firm.

5. (sports) A sports team.
6. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
7. (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
   • 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin (page 56)

     […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.

Synonyms

• (set of clothing): getup
• kit
• rig
• turnout

Antonyms

• (statistics): infit

Translations

Verb

outfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)

1. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

Synonyms

• equip
• fit

Derived terms

• outfitter

Translations

Anagrams

• fit out, fit-out, fitout

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àutf?t

Etymology

From English outfit.

Noun

outfit m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit

References

• “outfit” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (clothing)