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PRONUNCIATION OF GOODS WAGON

goods wagon  [ɡʊdz ˈwæɡən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOODS WAGON

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adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Goods wagon 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 GOODS WAGON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

goods wagon

Goods wagon

Goods wagons or freight wagons are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon types are in use to handle different types of goods, but all goods wagons in a regional network typically have standardized couplers and other fittings, such as hoses for air brakes, allowing different wagon types to be assembled into trains. For tracking and identification purposes, goods wagons are generally assigned a unique identifier, typically a UIC wagon number, or in North America, a company reporting mark plus a company specific serial number.

Definition of goods wagon in the English dictionary

The definition of goods wagon in the dictionary is a railway wagon carrying merchandise.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOODS WAGON


bandwagon
ˈbændˌwæɡən
battlewagon
ˈbætəlˌwæɡən
bergen
ˈbɜːɡən
Copenhagen
ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən
dragon
ˈdræɡən
firedragon
ˈfaɪəˌdræɡən
flagon
ˈflæɡən
hogan
ˈhəʊɡən
lagan
ˈlæɡən
logan
ˈləʊɡən
michigan
ˈmɪʃɪɡən
Morgan
ˈmɔːɡən
morgen
ˈmɔːɡən
Oregon
ˈɒrɪɡən
organ
ˈɔːɡən
pendragon
pɛnˈdræɡən
ptarmigan
ˈtɑːmɪɡən
snapdragon
ˈsnæpˌdræɡən
waggon
ˈwæɡən
wagon
ˈwæɡən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOODS WAGON

goodness of fit
goodnight kiss
goods
goods and chattels
goods in transit
goods received note
goods service
goods siding
goods station
goods train
goods yard
goodsire
goodwife
goodwill
goodwill ambassador
goodwill mission
Goodwin Sands
goodwives
Goodwood
goody

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOODS WAGON

Aragon
baggage wagon
chip wagon
chuck wagon
Conestoga wagon
covered wagon
dinner wagon
hexagon
jump on the bandwagon
mammy wagon
off the wagon
on the wagon
paddy wagon
paragon
patrol wagon
pentagon
police wagon
station wagon
tank wagon
tea wagon

Synonyms and antonyms of goods wagon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «goods wagon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOODS WAGON

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

Translator English - Chinese

商品旅行车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vagón mercancías
570 millions of speakers

English

goods wagon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माल वैगन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عربة بضائع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

товары универсал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bens vagão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পণ্য ভাজন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wagon de marchandises
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta barang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Güterwagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

財ワゴン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제품 의 포장 마차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barang wagon
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

toa xe hàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருட்கள் வேகன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मालगाडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eşyalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carro merci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wagon towary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Товари універсал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bunuri vagon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορτηγό βαγόνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goedere wa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

godsvagn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

varer vogn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goods wagon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOODS WAGON»

The term «goods wagon» is normally little used and occupies the 147.539 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOODS WAGON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goods wagon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOODS WAGON»

Discover the use of goods wagon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goods wagon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Union of Railways: Uic Franc, Covered Goods ...
They are often referred to simply as covered wagons, and this is the term used by the International Union of Railways (UIe.
Books LLC, 2010
2
Kenya Gazette
... Mkwaya Government wanants must be tendeied for all charges debitable to Government accounts 16 Passengers Fares foi the cainage of passengers will be raised at the following lates — (a) By goods wagon 5 cents per mile (b) By biake  ...
3
Kenya Gazette
... the Accounting Officer, Lindi Government warrants must be tendered for all charges debitable to Government accounts 15 Passengers Fnres for the carnage of passengers will be laised at the following rates — (a) by goods wagon — 5 cents ...
4
Railways and Culture in Britain: The Epitome of Modernity
This train's role was limited to disguising where murder took place. In an unpleasant variation on this scheme, a solicitor with a bullet in his brain was dragged several miles along a railway track, attached to a goods wagon by a brewer's hook.
Ian Carter, 2001
5
The Economic Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1913-1945
This was a deterioration as compared with 1936, and said to be due to a timber shortage in 1937-39.28 (ii) Rolling Stock Despite the threadbare track, the most limiting factor was the goods wagon (freightcar) shortage, because the culmination ...
Robert William Davies, Mark Harrison, S. G. Wheatcroft, 1994
6
Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
N car 17 (AmE) (cfse/fidisc/large wagon) TRANSP wagon à déchargement automatique 177; N freight car 17 (AmE) [cfseÿ'-dficfiarge goods wagon} TRANSP wagon à déchargement automatique 177; N goods wagon 17 (BrE) / cfse% ...
Yves Arden, 2013
7
Return to Carlisle
The gun wagons hadlost only two men both wounded butwould survive while two guards and one driver of the goods wagon were slightly wounded none seriously . The wagon train slowed and the lastfive mileswere peaceful thewagons ...
Peter Lawler, 2013
8
Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais
... automatique m teansfoet self-dis- charge car (AmEl, self-discharge wagon ( BrEl, self-discharge frcight car (AmEl, self-discharge goods wagon (BrEl; - à dechargement par le fond m ch ge fee vehicules hopper car (AmEl, hopper wagon (BrEl; ...
Yves Arden, 1994
9
Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
... carload US Composés d à bestiaux cattle truck GB, cattle car US; d couvert covered goods wagon GB, freight car US; d de marchandises goods wagon GB, freight car US; d plat flat wagon GB, flatcar US; d réfrigérant refrigeration wagon GB, ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
10
Untitled
cSee also bandwagon; station wagon; Welcome Wagon2 uk(us freight car) a large wheeled container for transporting goods, that is pulled by a train: a goods wagon "idioms fall off the wagon informal to start drinking alcohol, after a period ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOODS WAGON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goods wagon is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Goods Wagon Derails on KK Line
VISAKHAPATNAM: The movement of trains was disrupted on the Kothavalasa-Kirandul line of Waltair division of East Coast Railway, after a ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
2
Nuclear Sky brings Brecht to a new high-tech horizon
... vaguely locates it in a post-apocalyptic landscape through which Mother Courage hauls her goods wagon, here a block-shaped wardrobe. «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»
3
Second goods wagon derailed at same spot in three weeks near …
KOLHAPUR: A goods carrier wagon derailed near Adarki station at the location where a similar incident had taken place on April 22. The four ... «Times of India, May 15»
4
Come and visit new renovated railway wagon at Foundry Wood in …
A newly-renovated railway goods wagon will open to the public today (Sunday) at Foundry Wood in Leamington from 2pm to 6pm. «Leamington Courier, Apr 15»
5
BACK ON TRACK: Bestselling Somerton author Sheila Jeffries …
Most of the passenger trains had a goods wagon which would often contain pigs and chickens." Three times a year, Sheila would use the ... «Western Gazette, Apr 15»
6
ECR set to emerge as Railways' ancillary zone
... coach maintenance workshop at Harnaut (Rs 225 crore), goods wagon repair workshop at Sonepur (Rs 90 crore), DEMU maintenance depot ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
7
New Dorset hideaway far from the madding crowd
... woodburner sitting in the restored blacksmith's fireplace, and a partition wall made from an old railway goods wagon separating the kitchen, ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jan 15»
8
Village commemorates 41 Wagon Tragedy victims on anniversary day
A total of 70 among the 90 odd Mappila rebels who were taken in an air-tight goods wagon from Tirur to Podanur were killed on November 20, ... «Times of India, Nov 14»
9
British guilty of many acts worse than Wagon Tragedy: historian
“We used to believe that the Wagon Tragedy, in which 67 of the 90-odd Mapilas packed in a goods wagon from Tirur to Podanur suffocated to ... «The Hindu, Oct 14»
10
Maoists blow up Latehar railway tracks, derail goods train
... early on Monday. The rebels damaged the tracks at around 2am, causing the derailment of the coal-laden goods wagon, the police said. «Livemint, Sep 14»

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