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PILOT ENGINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot engine mean?
• PILOT ENGINE (noun)
The noun PILOT ENGINE has 1 sense:
1. a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track
Familiarity information: PILOT ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A locomotive that precedes a train to check the track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pilot engine" 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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