Words / B1

KAHB-oot/ˈkɑː buːt/

A car boot (id: car-boot) is the storage space at the back of a car (UK; US trunk). The back seat is for people; a roof rack is on top. School run: put PE bags in the car boot; the back seat is not a kit store on the zigzag lines. Extra: a car-boot sale is a market from car boots.

Meaning

The storage space at the back of a car (UK; US trunk).

Examples

• “Put the PE bags in the car boot; the back seat is not a kit store on the zigzag lines.”
• “A car-boot sale on the rec is not the school fete; parking on the field still needs the caretaker’s say-so.”

Good to know

a car boot (UK). US: a trunk. Extra: a car-boot sale. Contrast: a back seat / a roof rack. School run. Countable. Mix-up: a boot can also mean a shoe; this boot is the car space.

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