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BRANCH LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does branch line mean?
• BRANCH LINE (noun)
The noun BRANCH LINE has 1 sense:
1. a railway line connected to a trunk line
Familiarity information: BRANCH LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A railway line connected to a trunk line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
branch line; spur; spur track
Hypernyms ("branch line" 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 "branch line"):
loop-line (a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on)
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