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RAILROAD TRAIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

Example:

express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction

Synonyms:

railroad train; train

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("railroad train" is a kind of...):

public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)

Meronyms (members of "railroad train"):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)

Domain member category:

roll-on roll-off (a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination)

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

standee (someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railroad train"):

boat train (a train taking passengers to or from a port)

car train (a train that transports passengers and their automobiles)

freight train; rattler (a railroad train consisting of freight cars)

hospital train (a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital)

mail train (a train that carries mail)

passenger train (a train that carries passengers)

streamliner (a streamlined train)

subway train (a train that runs in a subway system)

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