HyperDic: shunter

English > 1 sense of the word shunter:
NOUNartifactshuntera small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips
English > shunter: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips.
Broaderlocomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotiveA wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Verbsshunttransfer to another track, of trains

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