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PRONUNCIATION OF FREIGHT YARD

freight yard  [freɪt jɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREIGHT YARD

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Freight yard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FREIGHT YARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

freight yard

Rail yard

A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic. Railroad cars are moved around by specially designed yard switchers, a type of locomotive. Cars in a railroad yard may be sorted by numerous categories, including railroad company, loaded or unloaded, destination, car type, or whether they need repairs. Railroad yards are normally built where there is a need to store cars while they are not being loaded or unloaded, or are waiting to be assembled into trains. Large yards may have a tower to control operations.:46 Many railway yards are located at strategic points on a main line. Main line yards are often composed of an Up yard and a Down yard, linked to the associated railroad direction. There are different types of yards, and different parts within a yard, depending on how they are built.

Definition of freight yard in the English dictionary

The definition of freight yard in the dictionary is a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FREIGHT YARD


backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
barnyard
ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd
boatyard
ˈbəʊtjɑːd
boneyard
ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd
brickyard
ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd
churchyard
ˈtʃɜːtʃˌjɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
dockyard
ˈdɒkˌjɑːd
farmyard
ˈfɑːmˌjɑːd
graveyard
ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd
junkyard
ˈdʒʌŋkˌjɑːd
lumberyard
ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd
Montagnard
ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd
noyade
nwɑːˈjɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
schoolyard
ˈskuːljɑːd
scrapyard
ˈskræpjɑːd
shipyard
ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd
tanyard
ˈtænˌjɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREIGHT YARD

freight
freight agent
freight car
freight charges
freight depot
freight forwarder
freight insurance
freight note
freight plane
freight terminal
freight ton
freight train
freightage
freighted
freighter
freightless
Freightliner
freity
Fremantle
fremd

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREIGHT YARD

back yard
Bayard
coal yard
exercise yard
goods yard
in one´s own back yard
knacker´s yard
lanyard
Layard
main yard
marshalling yard
naval dockyard
navy yard
prison yard
railway yard
refit yard
shunting yard
switch yard
timber yard
vineyard

Synonyms and antonyms of freight yard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «freight yard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREIGHT YARD

Find out the translation of freight yard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of freight yard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «freight yard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

货场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patio de carga
570 millions of speakers

English

freight yard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भाड़ा यार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساحة الشحن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грузового двора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pátio de carga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মালবাহি গজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la cour de fret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halaman fret
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Güterbahnhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貨物置き場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화물 야드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barang barang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kho bãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரக்குக் கிடங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाहतुक आवारातील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yük avlusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scalo merci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sad towarowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вантажного двору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curte de marfă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορευματικών αυλή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrag werf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frakt varvet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gods-verftet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of freight yard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREIGHT YARD»

The term «freight yard» is regularly used and occupies the 101.965 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREIGHT YARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «freight yard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «freight yard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about freight yard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREIGHT YARD»

Discover the use of freight yard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to freight yard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Freight Train
A typical freight yard is made up of a long "lead" track connecting to a "ladder" of switches to the various parallel tracks. Although some yards are stub-ended because of restricted available space, the most useful are double-ended yards with ...
Jim Boyd, 2001
2
Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad
The largest freight yard was Markham Yard, near Homewood. Completed in 1926 at a cost of over $12 million, the yard had 114 miles of track and could hold 9,000 cars. Other major freight yards included Fordham (Eighty-seventh Street), ...
Clifford J. Downey, 2007
3
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Transportation, PT. ...
Road Freight Brakemen and Flagmen (Local and Way Freight). Yard Conductors and Yard Foremen. Yard Brakemen and Yard Helpers. Road Passenger Engineers and Motormen. Road Freight (Through Freight). Road Freight Engineers ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2012
4
Code of Federal Regulations
Road Freight Brakemen and Flagmen (Local and Way Freight). Yard Conductors and Yard Foremen. Passenger Yard Brakemen and Yard Helpers. Road Passenger Engineers and Motormen. Road Freight (Through Freight). Road Freight ...
‎2008
5
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Road freight brakemen and flagmen (local and way freight). Yard conductors and yard foremen. Yard brakemen and yard helpers. Road passenger engineers and motormen. Rood freight engineers and motormen (through freight).
‎1949
6
The Big Book of Model Railroad Track Plans
Nearly every small town had at least one team track, and it was usually part of the LCL freight yard, often positioned within yards of the freight house. They were called team tracks because the goods were unloaded directly to or from wagons  ...
Robert Schleicher
7
North American Railyards
A fast-freight yard for through traffic that did not need reclassifying had six tracks, each 70 cars long. The whole site had room for 10,705 cars. Enola became the major yard at the eastern end of the Pennsylvania Railroad and continued to ...
Michael Rhodes
8
The American Railroad: Working for the Nation
... are "set out" at these locations and other blocks picked up; at Kansas City, for example, our train may pick up an addition 40 L.A.-bound cars to add to the existing L.A. block. l&tifattdO The Freight Yard Roilroad yards ore a "necessary evil".
Joe Welsh, 2006
9
Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community ...
Additional practices and solutions that can help achieve community economic development goals include • Relocating rail yard—As previously noted, relocating a rail freight yard can address both traffic flow and economic development issues.
‎2003
10
Iclem 2010: Logistics for Sustained Economic ...
The slotting optimization in it is significant to increase the utilization of freight site, reduce the operating cost of freight yard and enhance the operating benefits of the railway transportation enterprise. This paper analyzes major factors ...
Jin Zhang, Jin Zhang, Ling Xu, Xiaoqiang Zhang, and Ming Jian, editors, Ling Xu, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREIGHT YARD»

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1
Worship Directory Carroll Rikert, Jr., 97, Treasurer of Middlebury
Grace Building Old Freight Yard Way gracevt.org Worship - 10 a.m. See website for details Church Office 485-7866 or Office@gracevt.org. «The Northfield News, Jul 15»
2
TOKYO NOW AND THEN: Shimbashi sanctuary for 'salarymen …
... from a freight yard into high-rise offices, commercial spaces--including a TV station--and upscale hotels. Meanwhile, more massage parlors, ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
3
North Adams City Council asked to split settlement with Freight Yard
The North Adams Redevelopment Authority and the Freight Yard Pub, above, have reached a settlement in an outstanding lawsuit. «Berkshire Eagle, Jul 15»
4
North Adams, Freight Yard Pub Settle Parking Lawsuit
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Redevelopment Authority and its tenant Freight Yard Pub have reached a settlement after having "exhausted ... «iBerkshires.com, Jul 15»
5
$500 million industrial park starts construction on I-45 south of Dallas
The new Southport Logistics Park development is near Union Pacific Railway's huge intermodal freight yard. The developers bought the land in ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
6
Augsburg tram projects move forward
Immediately west of the new underground tram station an underground turning loop will be built, underneath part of the current freight yard, ... «International Railway Journal, Jul 15»
7
Cuba begins Havana station reconstruction
At Angosta, a few kilometres from Mariel container terminal, a new railway complex is under construction. This includes a freight yard, a station, ... «International Railway Journal, Jun 15»
8
With growth, new study looks at passenger rail
... (CRANDIC) hoists up a syrup tank car platform while replacing the platform in the CRANDIC Shop, in front of a freight yard in Cedar Rapids ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Jun 15»
9
Southern Heritage, A Personal Journey
Our neighbors on that side of the freight yard were all African-American, like us the sons and daughters of another time. Several of the older ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
10
St Mary's Harbour News June 27th
This is to allow for the continued use of the freight yard. . CRUISE SHIPS. This weekend marks the end of a busy week for cruise visits with the ... «ScillyToday, Jun 15»

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