SPUR TRACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A railway line connected to a trunk line

Synonyms:

branch line; spur; spur track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spur track" is a kind of...):

line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spur track"):

loop-line (a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on)

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