RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does railway locomotive mean? 

• RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE (noun)
  The noun RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE has 1 sense:

1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

  Familiarity information: RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive

Hypernyms ("railway locomotive" is a kind of...):

self-propelled vehicle (a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion)

Meronyms (parts of "railway locomotive"):

buffer; cowcatcher; fender; pilot (an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track)

footplate (the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway locomotive"):

choo-choo (a child's word for locomotive)

diesel locomotive (a locomotive driven by a diesel engine)

dinkey; dinky (a small locomotive)

electric locomotive (a locomotive that is powered by an electric motor)

iron horse ((c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive)

pilot engine (a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track)

shunter (a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips)

steam locomotive (a locomotive powered by a steam engine)

donkey engine; switch engine (a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard)

tank engine; tank locomotive (a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water; no tender is needed)

traction engine (steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks)

Holonyms ("railway locomotive" is a member of...):

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