English > railroad train: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive. |
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| Synonym | train |
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| Category of | passenger, rider | A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it |
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| 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 |
| 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) |
| Members | car, railcar, railway car, railroad car | A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad |
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| locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive | A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
| Narrower | boat train | A train taking passengers to or from a port |
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| car train | A train that transports / transports passengers and their automobiles |
| freight train, rattler | A railroad train consisting of freight cars |
| hospital train | A military train built to transport / transport wounded troops to a hospital |
| mail train | A train that carries mail / mail |
| passenger train | A train that carries passengers |
| streamliner | A streamlined train |
| subway train | A train that runs in a subway system |
| Broader | public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail / mail or freight |
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| Spanish | ferrocarril, locomotora, trenes, tren |
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| Catalan | ferrocarril, locomotora, tren |
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