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Meaning of "railroad car" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAILROAD CAR

railroad car  [ˈreɪlˌrəʊd kɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILROAD CAR

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Railroad car 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 RAILROAD CAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

railroad car

Railroad car

A railroad car or railcar, , railway wagon or railway carriage, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport system. Such cars, when coupled together and hauled by one or more locomotives, form a train. Alternatively, some passenger cars are self-propelled in which case they may be either single railcars or make up multiple units. The term "car" is commonly used by itself in American English when a rail context is implicit. Indian English sometimes uses "bogie" in the same manner, though the term has other meanings in other variants of English. Although some cars exist for the railroad's own use – for track maintenance purposes, for example – most carry a revenue-earning load of passengers or freight, and may be classified accordingly as passenger cars or coaches on the one hand or freight cars on the other.

Definition of railroad car in the English dictionary

The definition of railroad car in the dictionary is a railway carriage or van.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILROAD CAR


advocaat
ˈædvəʊˌkɑː
autocar
ˈɔːtəʊˌkɑː
Bhaskar
ˈbʌsˌkɑː
car
kɑː
carr
kɑː
hoka
ˈhɒkɑː
ka
kɑː
microcar
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɑː
Neckar
ˈnɛkɑː
rent-a-car
ˈrentəˌkɑː
scar
skɑː
Shankar
ˈʃæŋkɑː
sidecar
ˈsaɪdˌkɑː
sircar
səˈkɑː
ska
skɑː
stock-car
stɒk kɑː
streetcar
ˈstriːtˌkɑː
supercar
ˈsuːpəˌkɑː
taka
ˈtɑːkɑː
trocar
ˈtrəʊkɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILROAD CAR

railer
railhead
railing
railingly
railings
railleries
raillery
railless
railman
railroad
railroad line
railroad station
railroad track
railroader
railway
railway bridge
railway carriage
railway crossing
railway engine
railway guide

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILROAD CAR

armoured car
cable car
chauffeur-driven car
classic car
family car
getaway car
hire car
hotrod car
hybrid car
invalid car
kit car
passenger car
police car
race car
racing car
rental car
sports car
squad car
stock car
touring car

Synonyms and antonyms of railroad car in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «railroad car» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILROAD CAR

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

Translator English - Chinese

车厢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coche de ferrocarril
570 millions of speakers

English

railroad car
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेल कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيارة السكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вагон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vagão de trem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রেলপথ গাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voiture de chemin de fer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisenbahnwagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貨車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철도 차량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mobil ril
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường sắt xe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரயில் கார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वेमार्ग कार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Demiryolu arabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vagone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samochód kolejowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вагон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vagon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαγονιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoorweg motor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

järnvägsvagn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jernbanevogn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railroad car

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILROAD CAR»

The term «railroad car» is normally little used and occupies the 128.136 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILROAD CAR» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «RAILROAD CAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word railroad car.
1
Eleanor Robson Belmont
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILROAD CAR»

Discover the use of railroad car in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railroad car and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Railroad Passenger Car
This Two book set explains the methods of construction of wood, steel, and aluminum cars with clarity and precision. White traces the evolution of wheels and brakes, dining cars and sleeping compartments.
John H. White, Jr., 1985
2
College Physics: Reasoning and Relationships
ABSOLUTE. SSM Ted is traveling on his railroad car (length 25 m as measured by Ted) at a speed of 0.95c. Alice arranges for two small explosions to occur on the ground next to the ends of the railroad car (Fig. P27.13). According to Alice, the ...
Nicholas Giordano, 2009
3
Trains and Technology: Cars
Railroad Car Journal, September 1894, 196; Ellis, The Lore of the Train, 66; Schivelbusch, 72 6. Holbrook, The Story of American Railroads, 24; Harper's Weekly, 25 August 1888, 642, 643; Carbuilder, March 1955, 24; Pangborn, 99; Appleton, ...
Anthony J. Bianculli, 2002
4
List of Patents for Inventions and Designs, Issued by the ...
Brakes of railroad cars, machinery for operating Brakes, self-acting, for inclined planes Brakes, safety, self-acting, for rail road cars Brakes, railroad cars Brake for railroad cars Brakes, railroad car, preventing accidents Brakes for retarding ...
United States. Patent Office, Edmund Burke, 1847
5
Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
20817 21486 21502 21001 21356 21870 21967 21985 19079 19910 20654 21052 Car brake, railroad — Car-broke, railroad □ Car-brake, railroad... Car- brake, railroad Car-brake, railroad --- Car-brakes, application of magnetic latteries to.
‎1859
6
Report on the Statistics of Labor
Car house employees, general (street railway) , Car inspectors (steam railroad). Car oilers (steam railroad), Car oilers (street railway), Carpenters and helpers ( steam railroad), 20, 32, Carpenters and helpers (street railway), . Car repairers and ...
Massachusetts. Dept. of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics, 1917
7
The American railroad freight car: from the wood-car era to ...
The American Railroad Freight Car establishes the sophistication and expertise that marked the development of freight cars in the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
John H. White, 1993
8
Congressional edition
Car-springs, railroad Car-springs, railway, machine for creasing plates for. Car- wheels, cast-iron Car-wheels, casting. (See Class II, letter C.) Car-wheels for railroads, cast-iron Car-wheels, railroad . Oar- wheels, railroad Car-wheels, railroad, ...
United States. Congress, 1858
9
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Car, Dumping Car, Dumping Car, Dumping Car for transporting and drying p Car, Freight Car, freight, Railroad Car, Grain ... Pole for Car,' Mail, and mail bag Car, mining, Automatic Саг mover • Саг mover, Railroad" Car mover, Railroad Саге, ...
United States. Patent Office, 1869
10
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963
Railway Mail Service, as such, did not make its bow until 1864 and prior to that time no worthwhile attempt was made to utilize a railroad car as a branch of the post office, it being regarded almost solely as a medium for the transportation of the ...
‎1964

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILROAD CAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railroad car is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Man stuck head-first down rail car chute for 18 hours
SEATTLE - A man was rescued Wednesday morning after spending 18 hours stuck head-first down a chute attached to a railroad car, fire officials said. «KOMO News, Feb 15»
2
Chinese firm to build rail cars in Springfield
A Chinese-owned railroad car manufacturer being recommended for a $556.6 million state contract plans to build a 150,000 square-foot facility in Springfield to ... «CommonWealth magazine, Oct 14»
3
Bridge Collapse on Railroad Track Derails 5 Cars
... are investigating why a bridge carrying a road over railroad tracks in Berkeley County collapsed, derailing five railroad cars that were passing underneath. «WLTX.com, Apr 14»

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