car boot

Auto storage compartment

The boot of a car is the enclosed storage compartment at the rear—what Americans call the trunk.

I put the groceries in the boot.

A car boot sale is a British flea market where people sell goods from their open car boots.

As a verb, to boot a car is to immobilize it with a wheel clamp, typically for unpaid parking tickets.

storage

luggage

Traveler's packed containers

trunk · hatchback · stowage · capacity · belongings · load · gear · suitcase · groceries · spare tyre

sale

flea market

Outdoor secondhand goods venue

secondhand · preloved · vintage · collectibles · swap meet · jumble sale · antiques · crafts · trading · haggling

British

trunk

Main stem or storage

  • bonnetHat secured under chin
  • saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
  • estateProperty and grounds

hatchback · motorway · petrol · number plate · MOT · motoring · licence · AA · boot sale · high street

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vehicle location

car bootbonnet

Hat secured under chin

hood · engine compartment · front end · frunk · engine bay

regional terminology

car boottrunk

Main stem or storage

passenger vs. cargo space

car bootpassenger cabin

Enclosed traveler seating area

interior · cockpit · cab · backseat · front seat

Family

car, booted, reboot, carload, bootee, carmaker, bootees

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