FREIGHT TRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freight train mean? 

• FREIGHT TRAIN (noun)
  The noun FREIGHT TRAIN has 1 sense:

1. a railroad train consisting of freight cars

  Familiarity information: FREIGHT TRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREIGHT TRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A railroad train consisting of freight cars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

freight train; rattler

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

railroad train; train (public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive)

Meronyms (members of "freight train"):

cabin car; caboose (a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train)

freight car (a railway car that carries freight)

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

freight liner; liner train (a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods)