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IRON HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron horse mean? 

IRON HORSE (noun)
  The noun IRON HORSE has 1 sense:

1. (c. 1840) an early term for a locomotiveplay

  Familiarity information: IRON HORSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRON HORSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("iron horse" is a kind of...):

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)


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