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PRONUNCIATION OF MOTORAIL

motorail  [ˈməʊtəreɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOTORAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Motorail 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 MOTORAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

motorail

Motorail

A Motorail train or accompanied car train is a passenger train on which passengers can take their car or automobile along with them on their journey. Passengers are carried in normal passenger carriages or in sleeping carriages on longer journeys, while the cars are loaded into autoracks, car-carriers, or flatcars that normally form part of the same train. Motorail services are not the same as car shuttle trains or car-carrying train services. The latter usually operate over relatively short distances, on lines passing through a rail tunnel and connecting two places not easily accessible to each other by road. On car shuttle train services, unlike on motorail services, the occupants of the road vehicles being carried on the train usually stay with their vehicle throughout the rail journey.

Definition of motorail in the English dictionary

The definition of motorail in the dictionary is a rail service carrying cars and their drivers as well as ordinary passengers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOTORAIL


Azrael
ˈæzreɪl
bedrail
ˈbɛdˌreɪl
brail
breɪl
Braille
breɪl
contrail
ˈkɒntreɪl
derail
dɪˈreɪl
frail
freɪl
graal
ɡreɪl
Grail
ɡreɪl
guardrail
ˈɡɑːdˌreɪl
handrail
ˈhændˌreɪl
headrail
ˈhɛdˌreɪl
interrail
ˈɪntəˌreɪl
monorail
ˈmɒnəʊˌreɪl
rail
reɪl
Thrale
θreɪl
trail
treɪl
vitrail
ˈvɪtreɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOTORAIL

motor ship
motor show
motor torpedo boat
motor trade
motor truck
motor vehicle
motor vessel
motor-assisted
motor-driven
motorable
motorbicycle
motorbike
motorboat
motorboater
motorbus
motorcade
motorcar
motorcoach
motorcycle
motorcycle club

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOTORAIL

audit trail
blaze a trail
campaign trail
curtain rail
dado rail
entrail
fire trail
hiking trail
Holy Grail
light rail
nature trail
Oregon trail
paper trail
picture rail
Santa Fe Trail
serail
third rail
towel rail
vapour trail
water rail

Synonyms and antonyms of motorail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «motorail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOTORAIL

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

Translator English - Chinese

motorail
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

motorail
570 millions of speakers

English

motorail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

motorail
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

motorail
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

автопоезда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

motorail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

motorail
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto-train
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Motor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autoreisezug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

motorail
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

motorail
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Motorail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

motorail
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

motorail
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोटारील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

motorail
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto al seguito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

motorail
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

автопоїзда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

motorail
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταφοράς αυτοκινήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

motorail
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Motorail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motorail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of motorail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTORAIL»

The term «motorail» is used very little and occupies the 153.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTORAIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «motorail» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «motorail» 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 motorail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTORAIL»

Discover the use of motorail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to motorail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rough Guide to Spain
Once across, if you don't fancy the long drive through France, you could consider putting your car on the Motorail service from Calais to Biarritz or Narbonne. both near the border. Eurotunnel operates shuttle trains via the Channel Tunnel for ...
‎2004
2
Englisch für Sie: Zertifikatskurs
Let Motorail get you to your holiday faster and fresher and happier than a speed merchant in a hurry or a magic carpet (almost). You simply drive your car to the Motorail terminal, see it stowed safely aboard the train, stroll along to your own ...
Hans G. Hoffmann, Brigitte Hoffmann, Roy Mepham, 1975
3
The Rough Guide to Andalucia
8 www.usitcampus.couk Can houk studentryouth discount train tickets and sall pesses. EurotunneL cross-Chennet and motorail services The festest way to get your car across to the continant is the Eurotunnal service via the Chennal Tunnal.
Geoff Garvey, Mark Ellingham, 2003
4
St Austell Through Time
Motorail. at. St. Austell. This mode of rail travel developed as a stress free way to reach the West Country and was very popular for several years in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Motorail passenger train pulled into the old goods' siding ...
Valerie Jacob, 2013
5
More Amazing & Extraordinary Railway Facts
The only purpose-built Motorail terminal opened at Kensington Olympia in London in 1961 – this remained in use until 1981. Motorail services peaked in the late 1970s with around 30 destinations served but the opening of new motorways ...
Julian Holland, 2012
6
The Timberman
MOTORAIL is a system of transportation designed to operate over steel rails, roads or hard-surfaced highways. When the motorail tractor or trailer negotiates the highways it operates on the conventional rubber tires in the same way that any ...
‎1936
7
France
There is a discount scheme called Points Plus, but they no longer operate a Property Owners' Club. Alternatively, you may prefer to put your car on the train. The French railways' service is called Motorail; having crossed the Channel by your ...
Mark Igoe, John Howell, 2008
8
Cadogan Provence
Rail Europe handles bookings for all services, including Eurostar and Motorail, sells rail passes and acts for other continental rail companies. Calls cost 5Op/min . Contact Rail Europe at: UK: 178 Piccadilly, London W1, 1 08705 848 848, ...
Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2004
9
France
Book well in advance for cheaper fares. Eurotunnel, 1 08705 35 35 35, www. eurotunnel.com. A fairly comfortable but costly option is to put your car on a Motorail train. Accommodation is compulsory, in a two- or four-berth (ist class) or six-berth ...
Philippe Barbour, Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2004
10
Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transport: Ninth Report of ...
Q307 Colin Challen: Could we just have a quick look at the demise of Motorail? Thirty years ago, you could go into most corners of the UK taking your car with you on the train. The last service, I think, was to Penzance last year which was ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOTORAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term motorail is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Alastair Dalton: The much-moaned at A9 isn't that bad
Forty years ago, the road was so tortuous you could take your car by Motorail train between Stirling and Inverness. Subsequent upgrades in the ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
2
D-Train crash test
Test track operator Motorail has experience of running crash tests to industry standards, and TRL provided independent monitoring and will ... «Railway Gazette International, May 15»
3
Bikeshuttle launch offers hope to touring motorcyclists affected by …
... from the UK to Geneva may give bikers who had booked motorail services through Railsavers some glimmer of hope in still being able to tour ... «SourceWire, Apr 15»
4
Thousands left stranded as one of Europe's last car train services …
The Autoslaap Trein, operated by EETC Holiday Trains BV, was one of the few remaining motorail services left in Europe. It allowed travellers ... «This is Money, Apr 15»
5
Learning to be a Rail Safety and Accident Investigator with Cranfield …
We have used the Northampton and Lamport Heritage Railway and Motorail's Long Marston facilities for railway simulations, our own fishing ... «Railway Technology, Apr 15»
6
Forth Bridge challenge brings back the memories for former rail …
When the Motorail train was cut, he decided to become a guard at Edinburgh Waverley Station, working on 125 high-speed trains and ... «The Courier, Mar 15»
7
VIDEO: Clips of how rail link would look
... at Long Marston and the commercial enterprises, such as Vivarail and Motorail, but also a large area south of Stratford and the River Avon. «Stratford upon Avon Herald, Feb 15»
8
Eurostar's 20th anniversary reached
The CT was expected to open in 1980 with motorail and sleeper services operating in addition to high speed day trains. Work commenced in ... «Rail.co.uk, Nov 14»
9
North Cotswold… at the double
The line will also have more freight potential which Maddocks says that Motorail Logistics, based at Long Marston, is keen to exploit. He adds ... «RAIL magazine, Oct 14»
10
Goodnight to Night Trains?
Deutsche Bahn is also giving up its motorail service, where passengers could spare themselves long distance drives by having their car ... «CityLab, Oct 14»

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